Existing US home sales rose in June; prices hit new highs
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in June, snapping a four-month losing streak, while strong demand for higher-end properties and ultra-low mortgage rates helped push prices to new highs
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Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in June, snapping a four-month losing streak, while strong demand for higher-end properties and ultra-low mortgage rates helped push prices to new highs.
Existing homes sales rose 1.4% last month from May to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.86 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. Sales jumped 22.9% from June last year.
Economists were expecting that sales increased to an annual rate of 5.90 million, according to FactSet.
The median U.S. home price climbed 23.4% from a year earlier to a record $363,300.
Home sales have been slowing as soaring prices and a limited number of available homes on the market have discouraged many would-be buyers.
At the end of June, the inventory of unsold homes stood at just 1.25 million homes for sale, down 18.8% from a year ago. At the current sales pace, that amounts to a 2.6 months’ supply, the NAR said.
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