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Free Access**MNI DATA IMPACT: March Existing Home Sales Dip To 5.21M
By Kevin Kastner and Shikha Dave
WASHINGTON (MNI) - The pace of existing home sales fell by 4.9% to a 5.21
million annual rate in March after a surge in February, below the 5.30 million
rate expected by the Bloomberg consensus and the 5.36 million expectation in an
MNI survey of analysts.
The decline puts adjusted sales 5.4% below their year-ago level, while
unadjusted sales were down 7.8% year/year, a clear indication that the narrowing
of the mortgage interest and short supply on the lower-price end have restrained
sales, the NAR noted.
The following are the other key points from the March existing home sales
data released Friday by the National Association of Realtors:
- February home sales were revised down slightly to a 5.48 million pace
from the 5.51 million rate previously reported, but remains a three-year high.
- The first quarter pace of sales, at 5.21 million stands above the 5.14
million average for the fourth quarter after revisions are included. However,
that improvement can be pinned entirely on the February surge.
- March resales were down in all four regions after gains in three regions
in February. Northeast sakes were down 2.9%, while sales fell 7.9% in the
Midwest, 3.4% in the South, and 6.0% in the West.
- March home supply 3.1% to 1.68m, and was up 2.4% year/year, allowing the
months supply to rise to 3.9 months from 3.6 months in February and March 2018
- National median sales price +3.8 y/y to $259,400 in March.
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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