Thursday, November 15, 2018

November 2018 National Housing Trends eNewsletter

Angela Yglesias

Levesque Realty 

Cell: 805-490-4944  
Phone: 805-490-4944 

Housing Trends

November 2018

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Existing-Home Sales Decline Across the Country in September

WASHINGTON (October 19, 2018) – Existing-home sales declined in September after a month of stagnation in August, according to the National Association of Realtors®. All four major regions saw no gain in sales activity last month.



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National housing indicators

Existing home sales (Sep)

5.15 millions units*

Existing home median price (Sep)

$258,100

Housing Starts (Sep)

1.201 millions units*

New home sales (Aug)

0.629 millions units*
*Seasonally adjusted annual rate. Source: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.

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Home ownership

2nd Quarter 2018

64.3%

3rd Quarter 2018

64.4%
The homeownership rate of 64.4 percent was not statistically different from the rate in the third quarter 2017 (63.9 percent) nor from the rate in the second quarter 2018 (64.3 percent).

New home sales

August 2018

+3.5%

September 2018

-5.5%
Sales of new single-family houses in September 2018 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 553,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 5.5 percent (±12.1 percent)* below the revised August rate of 585,000 and is 13.2 percent (±13.6 percent)* below the September 2017 estimate of 637,000.
Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

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