by Calculated Risk on 8/15/2025 03:10:00 PM

Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Lawler: Early Read on Existing Home Sales in July

A brief excerpt:

From housing economist Tom Lawler:

Early Read on Existing Home Sales in July

Based on publicly available local realtor/MLS reports released across the country through today, I project that existing home sales as estimated by the National Association of Realtors ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.92 million in July, down 0.3% from June’s preliminary pace and down 1.5% from last July’s seasonally adjusted pace.

Local realtor/MLS reports suggest that the median existing single-family home sales price last month was up by about 2.1% from a year earlier. By broad region, the YOY % increase in median sales prices in the Northeast and Midwest should be a bit over 5%, while median sales prices in both the South and the West should be little

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