• NAR released a summary of existing-home sales data showing that housing market activity this March, fell 4.9 percent from February 2019. Despite February’s gains, sales of existing-homes dropped 5.4 percent from March 2018. March’s existing-home sales reached a 5.21 million seasonally adjusted annual rate.

  • The national median existing-home price for all housing types was $259,400 in March, up 3.8 percent from a year ago. This marks the 85th consecutive month of year-over-year gains.

  • Regionally, all four regions showed growth in prices from a year ago. The Midwest had largest gain of 4.6 percent followed by the West with a gain of 3.1 percent. The Northeast had an increase of 2.5 percent followed by the South with an incline of 2.4 from March 2018.
  • March’s inventory figures are up from last month 3.1 percent to 1.68 million homes for sale. Compared with March of 2018, there was a 3.2 percent increase in inventory levels. It will take 3.9 months to move the current level of inventory at the current sales pace. It takes approximately 36 days for a home to go from listing to a contract in the current housing market, up from 30 days a year ago.

  • From February 2019, all four regions showed declines in sales. The West had the biggest dip in sales at 7.9 percent followed by the West with a decline of 6.0 percent. The South fell 3.4 percent followed by the Northeast with the smallest drop of 2.9 percent.
  • All four regions showed declines in sales from a year ago. The West had the biggest drop in sales of 10.7 percent followed by the Midwest with a decline of 8.6 percent. The South fell 2.1 percent followed by the Northeast dip of 1.5 percent. The South led all regions in percentage of national sales, accounting for 43.8 percent of the total, while the Northeast had the smallest share at 12.9 percent.

  • In March, single-family sales were down 4.9 percent and condominiums sales were down 5.3 to last month. Single-family home sales fell 4.7 percent and condominium sales were down 11.5 compared to a year ago. Single-family homes had an increase in price up 3.8 percent at $261,100 and condominiums rose 3.6 percent at $244,400 from March 2018.