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February Existing-Home Sales Remain Subdued
WASHINGTON (March 20, 2014) – Home prices continued to show solid growth in most of the country due to limited inventory conditions, but rising prices and severe winter weather caused existing-home sales to slip in February, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Read more
Pending Home Sales Hold Steady in January
WASHINGTON (February 28, 2014) – Pending home sales were essentially unchanged in January, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Monthly gains in the South and Northeast were offset by declines in the West and Midwest.
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National housing indicators
Existing home sales ()
4.60*
Existing home median price ()
$189,000
Housing Starts ()
907,000*
New home sales ()
444000*
*Seasonally adjusted annual rate. Source: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.
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Home ownership
4th Qtr 2012
65.4%
4rd Qtr 2013
65.2%
The homeownership rate in the fourth quarter 2013 was 65.2 percent, down 0.2 (+/- 0.4)* percentage points from the fourth quarter 2012 rate of 65.4 percent. The homeownership rate in the Northeast was lower than its corresponding fourth quarter 2012 rate, while the rates in the Midwest, South, and West were not statistically different from the rates a year ago.
New home sales
December 2013
-3.8%
January 2014
+9.6%
Sales of new single-family houses in January 2014 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 468,000. This is 9.6 percent (+/- 17.9%)* above the revised December 2013 estimate of 427,000.
Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
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