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Wall Street History

07/23/2024

Housing Update

Time for my quarterly update of the housing situation in the United States, using the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) database for existing home prices. 

This go ‘round we look at the second quarter of the year. Spring is when activity normally picks up, as should prices, and the latter rose 4.1% vs. last year’s record high.  The market has hit a bit of a wall on the sales side with still high mortgage rates and affordability issues, so sales fell 5.4% year-on-year to 3.890 million (annualized), according to the NAR. 

The following is the national median home price (all types).

2024

Apr. ...$406,600
May ...$417,200
June ...$426,900 (preliminary)

2023

Apr. …$385,900
May …$396,400
June …$410,100

2022

Apr. …$395,500
May …$408,400
June …$413,800

2021

Apr. …$340,600
May …$350,400
June …$366,900

2020

Apr. …$286,700
May …$283,600
June …$294,400

2019

Apr. ...$266,900
May ...$278,200
June ...$285,400

2018

Apr. ...$257,900
May ...$265,100
June ...$273,800

2017

Apr. ...$245,000
May ...$252,500
June ...$263,300

2016

Apr. ...$230,900
May ...$238,900
June ...$247,600

2015

Apr. ...$218,700
May ...$228,900
June ...$236,300

2014

Apr. ...$201,500
May ...$212,000
June ...$222,000

2013

Apr. ...$191,800
May ...$203,100
June ...$214,000

2012

Apr. …$173,700
May …$180,300
June …$188,800

2011

Apr. …$161,100
May …$169,300
June …$175,600

2010

Apr. …$172,300
May …$174,600
June …$182,900

2009

Apr. …$166,500
May …$174,800
June …$181,800

Using the NAR’s data, the median average for a full year is as follows.

2004…$185,200
2005…$219,600
2006…$221,900*
2007…$219,000
2008…$198,100
2009…$172,500
2010…$172,900
2011…$166,100
2012…$176,800
2013…$197,100
2014…$208,300
2015…$222,400
2016…$233,800
2017…$247,200
2018…$259,300
2019…$271,900
2020…$296,700
2021…$350,700
2022…$386,400
2023....$389,300

*Existing home prices first peaked in July 2006 at $230,200, according to the NAR. You can play around with the numbers but generally you’re talking a ‘formal’ decline of 30%, peak to trough, nationally, after the summer of ‘06, before the big rebound.  Today, we are up to $426,900.

Source: realtor.org

Wall Street History will return at a later date.

Brian Trumbore

 

 

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