Housing Indicators
|
Sales (Oct) |
Median price |
Housing Starts (Oct) |
New Home Sales (Sep) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.46 million units* | $270,900 | 1,314,000* | 701,000* |
*seasonally adjusted annual rate
U.S. Economic Outlook (PDF: 180 KB) NOTE: The next economic forecast will be a special edition release with some metro market highlights, released at the Real Estate Forecast Summit on December 11, 2019.
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All releases at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
December 19: November Existing-Home Sales
December 30: November Pending Home Sales Index
January 22: December Existing-Home Sales
January 29: December Pending Home Sales Index
February 12: Q4 2019 Metro Home Prices
February 21: January Existing-Home Sales
February 27: January Pending Home Sales Index
Existing-home sales rose 1.9% in October 2019, after falling in September. Sales rose 4.6% from October 2018.
October 2019 brought 5.46 million in sales, a median sales price of $270,900, and 3.9 months of inventory. The median sales price is up 6.2% year over year, and inventory is down 0.4 months from October 2018.
This report is a key indicator of housing market strength based on a monthly survey sent to over 50,000 real estate practitioners.
The four major regions of the U.S. were split last month, with the Midwest and the South seeing growth, while the Northeast and the West reported a drop in sales.
