United States Existing Home Sales 1968-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Sales of previously owned houses in the United States shrank 1.7 percent month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million in August of 2017 from 5.44 million in July. It is a new low since August of 2016, compared to market expectations of a 0.3 percent rise. Sales of single family houses dropped 2.1 percent to 4.74 million after falling 0.8 percent in July while those of condos rose 1.7 percent to 0.61 million, following a 4.8 percent decline. The median house price fell to $253,500 from $258,100 and the months' worth of supply was steady at 4.2 percent. In addition, the number of houses available in the market fell to 1.88 million from 1.92 million in July. Sales fell in the West (-4.8 percent) and the South (-5.7 percent) after Hurricane Harvey struck Texas in the last week of August. Excluding Houston, existing home sales were unchanged. Existing Home Sales in the United States averaged 3909.71 Thousand from 1968 until 2017, 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
2017-07-24	02:00 PM	Existing Home Sales	5.52M	5.62M	5.58M	5.6M
2017-08-24	02:00 PM	Existing Home Sales	5.44M	5.51M	5.57M	5.55M
2017-09-20	02:00 PM	Existing Home Sales	5.35M	5.44M	5.46M	5.45M
2017-10-20	02:00 PM	Existing Home Sales		5.35M		5.29M
2017-11-21	03:00 PM	Existing Home Sales				5.41M
2017-12-20	03:00 PM	Existing Home Sales				5.42M

United States Housing	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Building Permits	1300.00	1230.00	2419.00	513.00	Thousand	[+]
Housing Starts	1180.00	1190.00	2494.00	478.00	Thousand	[+]
New Home Sales	571.00	630.00	1389.00	270.00	Thousand	[+]
Pending Home Sales	-1.30	0.30	30.90	-24.30	percent	[+]
Existing Home Sales	5350.00	5440.00	7250.00	1370.00	Thousand	[+]
Construction Spending	-0.60	-1.40	5.90	-4.80	percent	[+]
Housing Index	0.20	0.10	1.20	-1.80	percent	[+]
Nahb Housing Market Index	64.00	67.00	78.00	8.00		[+]
Mortgage Rate	4.04	4.03	10.56	3.47	percent	[+]
Mortgage Applications	-9.70	9.90	49.10	-38.80	percent	[+]
Home Ownership Rate	63.70	63.60	69.20	62.90	percent	[+]
Case Shiller Home Price Index	200.54	199.05	206.52	100.00	Index Points	[+]

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 2017.