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National market update
Existing-Home Sales Remain Flat Nationally, Mixed Results Regionally
WASHINGTON (September 20, 2018) – Existing-home sales remained steady in August after four straight months of decline, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Sales gains in the Northeast and Midwest canceled out downturns in the South and West.
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6 Home Renovation Myths to Stop Believing Before You Botch Things Up
Where do home renovation myths start? Maybe in the aisles of your local hardware store or parking lot of the lumber yard. They get traded back and forth and whispered to people who may actually believe the tall tales—until they find themselves sitting under a pile of splintered wood and drywall dust.
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National housing indicators
Existing home sales (August)
5.29 million units*
Existing home median price (August)
$267,200
Housing Starts (August)
1.282 million unit*
New home sales (July)
0.627 million unit*
*Seasonally adjusted annual rate. Source: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.
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Home ownership
1st Quarter 2018
64.2%
2nd Quarter 2018
64.3%
The homeownership rate of 64.3 percent was not statistically different from the rate in the second quarter 2017 (63.7 percent) nor from the rate in the first quarter 2018 (64.2 percent).
New home sales
July 2018
-1.7%
August 2018
+3.5%
Sales of new single-family houses in August 2018 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 629,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 3.5 percent (±13.7 percent)* above the revised July rate of 608,000 and is 12.7 percent (±20.7 percent)* above the August 2017 estimate of 558,000
Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
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Regional market updates
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Consumer tips & hot properties
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6 Things You'll Overhear at an Open House That Might Persuade You to Buy Now—or Run
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Want Instant Curb Appeal on the Cheap? These 6 Easy Tricks Will Cost You Under $200
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