Existing home sales (August)
5.05 million units*
Existing home median price (August)
$219,800
Housing Starts (August)
9.56 million units*
New home sales (August)
4.12 million units*
*Seasonally adjusted annual rate. Source: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.
National economic indicators
Home ownership
2nd Qtr 2014
+64.7%
2nd Qtr 2013
+65.0%
The homeownership rate in the second quarter 2014 was 64.7 percent, down 0.3 (+/- 0.4)* percentage points from the second quarter 2013 rate of 65.0 percent. The homeownership rates in the Northeast and South were lower than the rates in the second quarter 2013, while the rates in the Midwest and West were not statistically different from the rates a year ago.
New home sales
July 2014
-2.4%
June 2014
-7.0%
Sales of new single-family houses in July 2014 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 412,000. This is 2.4 percent (+/- 11.9%)* below the revised June 2014 estimate of 422,000.
Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU