March 2018 brought 5.54 million in sales, a median sales price of $250,400, and 3.6 months of inventory. The median sales price is up 5.8% year over year, and inventory is down from 3.8 months in March 2017.

Total existing-home sales decreased 2.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.46M in April from 5.60M in March. With last month’s decline, sales are now 1.4% below a year ago and have fallen year-over-year for 2 straight months. 
 

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Buyer demand strengthened in March, despite affordability and inventory constraints. 
 

In March 2018, pending sales were up slightly year-over-year in the South, but were down in the rest of the country. 

This infographic shows the latest housing numbers for home sales, median home prices, housing starts, and new home sales. 

Accounting for 19 percent of the GDP, real estate is clearly a major driver of the U.S. economy. 

This infographic presents highlights from a survey of NAR's residential and commercial members about sustainability in homes and buildings they work with, and about client interest in energy-efficient features. 
 

Total existing-home sales rose 1.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.60M in March from 5.54M in February. Despite last month’s increase, sales are still 1.2% below a year ago.

The information in this interactive data visualization is from Existing-Home Sales data. It shows you price and sales data for the month, and lets you compare it to prices and sales over the previous 12 months.