Existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, increased 7.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.13 million in August from an upwardly revised 3.84 million in July, but remain 19.0 percent below the 5.10 million-unit pace in August 2009.
You can see why the NAR did not use year over year numbers in its headline. It is pretty depressing to report existing home sales falling 19% year over year. The big problem in the housing market remains high levels of inventory. We are currently at 11.6 months of supply while the historical average is between 4-7 months supply.Total housing inventory at the end of August slipped 0.6 percent to 3.98 million existing homes available for sale, which represents an 11.6-month supply at the current sales pace, down from a 12.5-month supply in July
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Homes are getting cheaper.
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