National Association of Realtors

According to the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales suffered a minor setback in November 2019.  Completed transactions fell 1.7 percent. Suffering along with the monthly statistic, the year-over-year tally slowed to just 2.7 percent compared to 4.6 percent as recently as October. 

Existing home sales suffered their third consecutive setback.  According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), transactions fell 1.2 percent in January 2019 to 4.94 million units on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis; this is the worst reading since November 2015.

Existing home sales suffered a decline in July 2018 according to the National Association of Realtors.  Dropping 0.7 percent, this housing market indicator has fallen for four consecutive months.  July’s tally now posts the slowest transaction pace in over two years.

Transaction volume slowed in the existing homes market during the month of August 2017 according to the National Association of Realtors.  Declining 1.7 percent, there were 5.35 million units sold on an annualized basis, down from 5.44 million in July.  Compared to a year earlier, transactions gained just 0.2 percent, the slowest pace since August 2016.