One of the key factors to success in any kind of business is supply and demand. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) agrees that this principle has boosted home pricing in the current housing market. NAR’s chief economist Lawrence Yun believes the housing market is still going strong because of the lack of inventory even though data shows a modest growth rate reduction.
Yun states,”…with homebuilding activity still failing to keep up with demand and not enough current homeowners
putting their home up for sale, prices continued their strong ascent – and in many markets at a rate well above income growth.”
In the second quarter of last year the peak existing single-family home price was $229,400, this year however, the second quarter single-family home price has risen 4.9% with a median single-family home price of $240,700.
According to NAR findings, new construction cannot keep up with the demand for new homes. In the second quarter this year 40% of the listings sold over their listing price. “Many listings in a majority of markets – and especially those in lower price ranges — had multiple offers and went under contract quickly because of severely inadequate supply,” Yun added.
This coupled with low mortgage rates have many potential home buyers wanting to purchase a new home now. In the Northeast region there was a 7.6% increase in existing homes sales and the median home price increased to $273,600. The Midwest, though not as high of an increase, was 10.4% in total existing-home sales with a median 
price of $191,300. The West came in next with a 1.4% increase in total existing-home sales with a median home price of $345,500. The South came in last with a 0.3% increase with a median home price of $214,900.
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