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The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® provides the latest real estate research and statistics that affect the industry. Get the stats and stay informed.

Housing Indicators

Sales (June)	Median price	Housing Starts (June)	New Home Sales (May)
5.38 million units*	$276,900	1,173,000*	689,000*

*seasonally adjusted annual rate

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Highlights from the NAR Member Profile

Based on a random sampling of NAR’s membership, the Member Profile strives to answer the question "Who are REALTORS®?".

Commercial International Business Trends

In contrast to the large cap commercial market transactions reported by RCA (aggregated at $10 million and above), most REALTORS® who specialize...

Existing-Home Sales

-0.6%

Existing-home sales decreased for the third straight month in June, with declines in the South and West, and gains in the Northeast and Midwest.

Existing-Home Sales data

Pending Home Sales

+0.9%

Pending home sales increased in all four major regions in June, but overall activity lagged year ago levels for the sixth straight month.

Pending Home Sales data

NAR Statistical News Release Schedule

All releases at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
August 8: 2nd Qtr. Metro Home Prices
August 22: July Existing-Home Sales
August 29: July Pending Home Sales Index
September 20: August Existing-Home Sales
September 27: August Pending Home Sales Index
October 19: September Existing-Home Sales
October 25: September Pending Home Sales Index

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Contract Signings Inch Up

In this video, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun talks about June pending home sales, job growth, buyer interest, affordability, and market...

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Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability

NAR’s quarterly Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability report provides a breakdown of condo and co-op prices by metro market.

Housing Affordability Index

The Housing Affordability Index measures whether or not a typical family earns enough income to qualify for a mortgage loan on a typical home.

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Sales are down 0.4 percent even though the economy is doing well and job growth is strong, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun says. Affordability is a big part of the problem as first-time buyers get priced out.

May 2018 brought 5.43 million in sales, a median sales price of $264,800, and 4.1 months of inventory. The median sales price is up 4.9% year over year, and inventory is down from 4.2 months in May 2017.

Total existing-home sales decreased 0.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.43M in May from downwardly revised 5.45M in April. With last month’s decline, sales are now 3.0% below a year ago and have fallen year-over-year for 3 straight months.

Image from the May 2018 existing-home sales Tableau data visualization

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.

New home construction activity in May soared to its highest level in over a decade.

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