US Existing Home Sales Disappoint In April, Despite Lower Mortgage Rates
With the Spring selling season already in tatters, existing home sales were expected to rebound in April very modestly (+2.0% MoM) off recent record lows. However, the rebound was far less than expected, up just 0.2% MoM, which left sales of existing homes unchanged YoY…
Source: Bloomberg
Total existing home sales SAAR hover just above 4.00 million homes…
Source: Bloomberg
The NAR report showed the median selling price rose 0.9% from a year earlier to $417,700 last month – the highest for any April on record.
Source: Bloomberg
The inventory of previously owned homes increased from a year ago to 1.47 million – the most for any April since 2019.
Source: Bloomberg
“Even though it’s the highest inventory post-Covid, we are not close to the pre-Covid April inventory of 1.83 million,” Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said on a call with reporters.
Contract closings rose in the Midwest and South, according to the NAR. They fell to a three-month low in the West.
Finally, it appears home sales are becoming less and less elastic relative to mortgage rates (which had fallen notably during the period of reporting)..
Source: Bloomberg
And, as the chart shows, mortgage rates are recently on the rise again…which will not help the situation at all.
Tyler Durden Mon, 05/11/2026 – 10:07
Source: https://freedombunker.com/2026/05/11/us-existing-home-sales-disappoint-in-april-despite-lower-mortgage-rates/
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