United States Existing Home Sales 1968-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Sales of previously owned houses in the US were unchanged at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.34 million in August of 2018, the same as in July and remaining the lowest rate since February of 2016. It compares with market expectations of a 0.3 percent rise to 5.35 million. The median house price fell to $303,200 from $307,600 in July and the months' worth of supply was flat at 4.3. In addition, the number of houses available in the market was flat at 1.92 million. Year-on-year, existing home sales fell 1.5 percent. Existing Home Sales in the United States averaged 3940.23 Thousand from 1968 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 7250 Thousand in September of 2005 and a record low of 1370 Thousand in March of 1970.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-07-23	02:00 PM	Existing Home Sales	5.38M	5.41M	5.44M	5.39M
2018-08-22	02:00 PM	Existing Home Sales	5.34M	5.38M	5.4M	5.4M
2018-09-20	02:00 PM	Existing Home Sales	5.34M	5.34M	5.35M	5.36M
2018-10-19	02:00 PM	Existing Home Sales		5.34M		5.5M
2018-11-21	03:00 PM	Existing Home Sales
2018-12-20	03:00 PM	Existing Home Sales

United States Housing	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Building Permits	1229.00	1303.00	2419.00	513.00	Thousand	[+]
Housing Starts	1282.00	1174.00	2494.00	478.00	Thousand units	[+]
New Home Sales	627.00	638.00	1389.00	270.00	Thousand	[+]
Pending Home Sales	-2.30	-2.40	30.90	-24.30	percent	[+]
Existing Home Sales	5340.00	5340.00	7250.00	1370.00	Thousand	[+]
Construction Spending	0.10	-0.80	5.90	-4.80	percent	[+]
Housing Index	0.20	0.40	1.20	-1.80	percent	[+]
Nahb Housing Market Index	67.00	67.00	78.00	8.00		[+]
Mortgage Rate	4.88	4.84	10.56	3.47	percent	[+]
Mortgage Applications	1.60	-1.80	49.10	-38.80	percent	[+]
Case Shiller Home Price Index	213.07	212.00	213.07	100.00	Index Points	[+]
Home Ownership Rate	64.30	64.20	69.20	62.90	percent	[+]

United States Existing Home Sales

Existing Home Sales occurs when the mortgage is closed. Mortgage closing usually takes place 30-60 days after the sales contract is closed. . This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Existing Home Sales - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Existing Home Sales - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.