US existing home sales in August slide to weakest pace in more than a year

Michael Sasso / Bloomberg

Sep 10

Sales of previously owned homes in the US slowed in August to their weakest pace in more than a year with just 3.98 million contract closings.(Sept 10): Sales of previously owned homes in the US ...

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Last month marked one of only two times since the fall of 2024 that sales have dipped below four million.\nThe disappointing figures reflect a housing market in desperate need of a catalyst. Home price growth has cooled off from the pandemic era, when annual increases ran into the double digits, but affordability concerns remain a material headwind for buyers.\nThe median sales price rose 1.6% from a year ago to US$429,100, extending a streak of annual price increases dating back to mid-2023.\nMortgage rates, now at their the highest levels in more than a year, also provide a disincentive to move, especially for people who refinanced a few years ago at borrowing costs less than half that. Nationwide, less than a quarter of outstanding mortgages have rates above 6%, according to a recent housing report from Apollo Global Management.\n\"Mortgage rates and home sales move in opposite directions, so it's not surprising to see a mild dip in home buying activity due to high mortgage rates,\" NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. \nEven so, buyers are \"not falling apart\" amid rising mortgage rates, Yun said on a call with reporters, noting that job and wage gains are helping to support demand. Yun suggested mortgage rates could soon touch 7%, however.\nMore supply\nOne positive sign for the market was the rising number of homes for sale. In August, the supply of previously owned homes on the market reached the highest level since November 2019, increasing 5.9% from a year ago to 1.62 million, the NAR report showed. \nAt the current sales pace, that would equate to 4.9 months of housing supply - the most in more than a decade.\nThe group's housing affordability index, which measures whether a typical family earns enough to qualify for a mortgage for a median-priced home, also improved. The gauge rose 3.5% from a year ago, though remains historically depressed.\nPreviously owned home sales in the South, the nation's biggest home-selling region, dropped 1.6% in August to an annualised 1.84 million, the weakest in a year. Sales in the Midwest and Northeast both fell, while sales in the West were unchanged.\nFirst-time buyers accounted for 30% of sales in August, compared with 29% a month earlier. \nUploaded by Felyx Teoh","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":false,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"-1","news_tag":"economic","news_rank":0,"isVideo":false,"video":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"need_login_tip":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"}}}