Research and Statistics

Housing Indicators

Sales (June)	Median price	Housing Starts (June)	New Home Sales (May)
5.86 million units*	$363,300	1,643,000*	769,000*

*seasonally adjusted annual rate

Quarterly U.S. Economic Forecast (PDF: 128 KB)
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NAR Real Estate Forecast Summit

On July 26, 2021, NAR held its virtual Real Estate Forecast Summit: Global Update, an outlook on the changing international real estate market.

Real Estate Forecast Summit: 2021 Commercial Update

NAR's March 10, 2021 virtual Real Estate Forecast Summit: Commercial Update event provided an outlook on the changing commercial real estate market.

Latest Research Reports

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International Transactions in U.S. Residential

Report

The report highlights foreign client purchases and sales of U.S. residential property, and looks at U.S. clients seeking to buy property abroad.

July 2021 Commercial Market Insights

Report

Sustained job creation, consumer spending, and workers returning to the office boosted commercial real estate in the first half of 2021.

Vacation Home Counties

Report

This survey breaks down home sales by primary, vacation, and investment properties, and looks at non-primary residence transactions.

Infographic: Top States Where Foreign Buyers Purchased Residential Property

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Infographic: June 2021 Pending-Home Sales

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May 2021 Existing and Pending Home Sales

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Price appreciation is occurring in the market at unprecedented levels, with a 24% increase in the median home price from one year ago.

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Existing-Home Sales

+1.4%

Existing-home sales rose month-over-month in all major U.S. regions except the South, and all regions saw double-digit gains year-over-year.

Existing-Home Sales data

Pending Home Sales

-1.9%

Pending home sales declined marginally after a notable gain in May, with month-over-month and year-over-year contract signings slipping 1.9% in June.

Pending Home Sales data

NAR Statistical News Release Schedule

All releases at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
August 12: 2nd Qtr. Metro Home Prices
August 23: July Existing-Home Sales
August 30: July Pending Home Sales Index
September 22: August Existing-Home Sales
September 29: August Pending Home Sales Index
October 21: September Existing-Home Sales
October 28: September Pending Home Sales Index

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Pending home sales rebounded strongly in May, reaching the highest reading ever for the month of May since 2005, with all four U.S. regions registering both month-over-month increases and year-over-year gains.

Expect continuing solid price gains in the upcoming months. Some calming of the market is only expected to happen in late autumn of this year and into 2022.

Foreclosures will likely widen the already alarming homeownership gap among income groups and racial groups, with low income and minority groups twice as likely to face foreclosure than higher income and non-minority groups and homeowners of FHA-insured loans three times as likely to face foreclosure.

Line graph: Percent of Buyers Obtaining a Mortgage Who Made a Downpayment of at least 20%, April 2011 to November 2020

This trend reflects the decline in the share of buyers who obtain mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Veterans Administration (VA) which insure zero and low downpayment loans.