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National market update
Existing-Home Sales Slide 2.5 Percent in April
WASHINGTON (May 24, 2018) — After moving upward for two straight months, existing-home sales retreated in April on both a monthly and annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors®. All four major regions saw no gain in sales activity last month.
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Home-Buying Frenzy Sets a Record as California Loses Its Grip on Hottest Markets
As the home-buying season enters its most frenetic period, the pace of sales set new records in May, according to an analysis of realtor.com® data for the month. That's not all: Listing prices also continued to set records. However, in the end of a historic run, the majority of the hottest markets in the country are no longer in California.
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National housing indicators
Existing home sales (April)
5.46 millions units*
Existing home median price (April)
$257,900
Housing Starts (April)
1.287 millions units*
New home sales (March)
0.662 millions units*
*Seasonally adjusted annual rate. Source: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.
National economic indicators
Home ownership
4th Quarter 2017
64.2%
1st Quarter 2018
64.2%
The homeownership rate of 64.2 percent was not statistically different from the rate in the first quarter 2017 (63.6 percent) and virtually unchanged from the rate in the fourth quarter 2017 (64.2 percent).
New home sales
March 2018
4.0%
April 2018
-1.5%
Sales of new single-family houses in April 2018 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 662,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 1.5 percent (±11.8 percent)* below the revised March rate of 672,000, but is 11.6 percent (±23.7 percent)* above the April 2017 estimate of 593,000.
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