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Existing Home Sales In Line, Price Growth Accelerates Despite Higher Supply

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  • Existing home sales were as close to expected as you can get in May, dipping to 4.11m (cons 4.10m) after an unrevised 4.14m.
  • It meant sales were -0.7% M/M (cons -1.0%), a third consecutive monthly decline for a 6.2% drop since jumping 9.5% back in February.
  • Unusually, sales were flat in three of the main four regions, with only the south (largest region) falling another -1.6% M/M.
  • Months of supply meanwhile continued their recent trend of pushing higher in the post-pandemic period. The 3.7mths compares with 3.1 in May’23 and 2.6 in May’22, nearer but still below the 4.2 averaged in May of 2017-19.
  • Median price growth continued to accelerate in Y/Y terms despite this increase in relative supply, and at 5.8% Y/Y marked its fastest since Oct’22.

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