| After reporting a significant rebound by U.S. existing home sales in the previous month, the National Association of Realtors released a report on Thursday showing another substantial increase by existing home sales in the month of November. NAR said existing home sales spiked by 4.8 percent to an annual rate of 4.15 million in November after surging by 3.4 percent to an annual rate of 3.96 million in October. With the much bigger than expected increase, existing home sales reached their highest level since hitting an annual rate of 4.22 million in March. The report said housing inventory at the end of November totaled 1.33 million units, down 2.9 percent from 1.37 million units in October but up 17.7 percent from 1.13 million units a year ago. The unsold inventory represents 3.8 months of supply at the current sales pace, down from 4.2 months in October but up from 3.5 months in November 2023. NAR also said the median existing home price was $406,100 in November, up 4.7 percent from $387,800 in the same month a year ago. Powered by Commodity Insights |