A Few Comments on April Existing Home Sales

Inventory is still very low (and down 0.9% year-over-year in April). More inventory would probably mean smaller price increases and slightly higher sales, and less inventory means lower sales and somewhat larger price increases. This will be important to watch over the next few months during the Spring buying season. Also, the NAR reported total sales were up 6.1% from April 2014, however normal equity sales were up even more, and distressed sales down sharply.  From the NAR (from a survey that is far from perfect): Distressed sales - foreclosures and short sales - were 10......(read more)

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