Existing home sales rose after three months of declines as improved inventory gave buyers more negotiating power, according to an analysis from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). As buyers wait for rate relief, homes are sitting on the …
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Pending Home Sales Up in November
Pending home sales in November increased 3.3% from October 2025 and were up 2.6% year over year, according to the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Pending Home Sales Report. The Northeast, Midwest, South and West all saw month-over-month and year-over-year …
Read More »Existing-Home Sales See Modest Rise in May
Existing-home sales increased in May, according to the National Association of Realtors’ Existing-Home Sales Report. Sales rose in the Northeast, Midwest and South, and decreased in the West. According to the report, total existing-home sales increased 0.8% month-over-month to a …
Read More »New Home Prices Drop as Existing Home Prices Rise
The median price for a new single-family home sold in the first quarter of 2025 was $416,900, $14,600 above the existing home sale price of $402,300, according to U.S. Census Bureau and National Association of Realtors (NAR) data. Traditionally, new …
Read More »Existing-Home Sales Rise in February
Existing home sales rose 4.2% in February according to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). For both monthly and year-over-year (YoY) sales, two major U.S. regions experienced growth, one region remained stable and two others noted a decline. …
Read More »New and Existing Housing Sales Drop in September
With rising mortgage rates approaching 7% and high construction costs, new home sales dropped by double digits in September. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported that sales of newly built, single-family homes fell 10.9% in September, according to …
Read More »Annual Existing-Home Sales Break 2006 Record
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that despite a decline in existing-home sales in December, the annual sales numbers hit the highest point since 2006. Year-over-year sales for 2021 were up 8.5 percent and existing-home sales topped 6.12 million, …
Read More »Home Sweet Home: Housing Trends Q&A With Nadia Evangelou
Nadia Evangelou is a senior economist and director of forecasting at the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). She focuses on regional and local market housing trends, including the effects of changing demographic and migration patterns, and has been involved in research …
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