U.S. existing-home sales fell for the second month in a row, sliding 1.9% monthover-month and 1.9% year-over-year, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), with sales down in all four regions of the country. Higher borrowing costs and accelerating home prices continue to weigh on demand, pushing some prospective buyers to the sidelines and causing market activity to slump ahead of summer.
- Single Family Closed Sales were up 1.2 percent to 1,554.
- Townhouse-Condo Closed Sales were up 9.2 percent to 428.
- Adult Communities Closed Sales were up 25.9 percent to 68.
- Single Family Median Sales Price increased 11.7 percent to $630,000.
- Townhouse-Condo Median Sales Price increased 10.0 percent to $416,500.
- Adult Communities Median Sales Price increased 15.3 percent to $550,500.
Home prices have continued to climb nationwide, despite an uptick in inventory this year. Nationally, the median existing-home price reached $407,600 as of last measure, a 5.7% increase from the same period last year and a record high for the month, according to NAR. Meanwhile, total inventory heading into May stood at 1.21 million units, a 9% increase month-over-month and a 16.3% increase yearover-year, for a 3.5 month’s supply at the current sales pace.
