Financial News: U.S. Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly Rebound In July

U.S. Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly Rebound In July

08/21/2025 - 10:28:00 (RTTNews)

(RTTNews) - The National Association of Realtors released a report on Thursday showing an unexpected rebound by existing home sales in the U.S. in the month of July.

The report said existing home sales jumped by 2.0 percent to an annual rate of 4.01 million in July after tumbling by 2.7 percent to an annual rate of 3.93 million in June. Economists had expected existing home sales to decrease by 0.8 percent to an annual rate of 3.90 million.

The unexpected rebound came after existing home sales slumped to their lowest annual rate in nine-months in June.

The increase by existing home sales partly reflected strength in the Northeast, where existing home sales surged by 8.7 percent.

Existing home sales in the South and West also shot up by 2.2 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively, while existing home sales in the Midwest slid by 1.1 percent.

"The ever-so-slight improvement in housing affordability is inching up home sales," said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. "Wage growth is now comfortably outpacing home price growth, and buyers have more choices."

The report said the median existing home price tumbled by 2.4 percent to $422,400 in July from $432,700 in June but was still up by 0.2 percent compared to $421,400 a year ago.

Housing inventory at the end of July totaled 1.55 million units, up 0.6 percent from 1.54 million units in June and up 15.7 percent from 1.34 million units in July 2024, NAR said.

The unsold inventory represents 4.6 months of supply at the current sales pace, down from 4.7 months in June but up from and 4.0 months in the same month last year.

"Homebuyers are in the best position in more than five years to find the right home and negotiate for a better price," said Yun. "Current inventory is at its highest since May 2020, during the COVID lockdown."

Next Tuesday, the Commerce Department is scheduled to release a separate report on new home sales in the month of July.

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