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Existing Home Sales at 5 Month Lows

April 25 2025

As is the case for the monthly data on New Home Sales from the Census Bureau, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Existing Home Sales report does not make for exciting news these days. It's not that the news is tragic or alarming either.  It just sort of... is. Whereas New Home Sales have been able to hold sideways near their pre-covid highs, Existing Sales continue to languish near the lowest levels in decades.  Apart from the great financial crisis in 2008-2010, you'd have to go back to 1995 to see lower levels. "Home buying and selling remained sluggish in March due to the affordability challenges associated with high mortgage rates," said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. "Residential housing mobility, currently at historical lows, signals the troublesome possibility of less economic mobility for society."

New Home Sales Running Near Highest Pace Since 2022

April 25 2025

The Census Bureau released March New Home Sales data this week, and it was near the best levels seen since early 2022.  Before you get too excited about that, a caveat is in order.  Simply put, when it comes to housing market data, nothing has been more uneventful than new  home sales over the past few years.  The chart tells the story. It's tough to make an entire news article interesting when it comes to this data, so we won't waste your time.  Instead, here are some bullet-pointed highlights that showcase some of the departures from the status quo (these are common, and they tend to come out in the wash in the longer term): Sales fell 22.2% in the Northeast region, but had risen just as sharply in the previous month. Sales jumped nicely in the South for the 2nd straight month (13.6% this time) and are now at their highest levels since April 2021. The South accounts for 483k of the 724k national total.

Mortgage Applications Dropped Sharply in Response to The Recent Rate Spike

April 25 2025

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