Existing-Home Sales Edged Higher by 0.2% in May
Existing-home sales marginally increased in May, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
- Existing-home sales marginally increased in May, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
- Sales were mixed among the four major U.S. regions, with the South and West posting improvements and the Northeast and Midwest experiencing pullbacks.
- Distressed sales [5] – foreclosures and short sales – represented 2% of sales in May, virtually unchanged from last month and the prior year.
- In the West, existing-home sales rose 2.6% from the previous month to an annual rate of 790,000 in May, down 25.5% from one year ago.