Existing home sale plunge 9.7% in 3rd straight monthly drop

  • 📰 ABC
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 32 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 16%
  • Publisher: 51%

United States Headlines News

United States Latest News,United States Headlines

It was the third straight monthly decline and further evidence of the harm the virus pandemic has done to the housing market.

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Existing home sales in the U.S. plunged 9.7% in May. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that the monthly decline pushed sales down to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.91 million, the slowest pace since a home buyers tax credit expired in October 2010. Sales fell in all regions of the country, with the biggest decline coming in the Northeast where virus infections were especially heavy.

Sales of both existing and new homes have fallen sharply during the spring sales season as the housing market was hurt by the shutdowns put into effect to help contain the spread of the virus.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Lie

Money is tight and nobody wants to buy a pre-owned strangers house during a pandemic

Milk with honey and fruits with tea and sugar are antivirals.

Great time to buy certain shares though.

Bullshit. Homes are selling like hot cakes and prices are at ATH all over the country

Likely true in most of the country, but it is a seller's market in Tucson.

ok cool what about jimmykimmel What are you doing about him

Not to the NYC suburbs. Houses barely last a week. Everyone wants out of the city.

Combo of employment and fear of entering someone’s house

Having lost a job which will pay people for everything, people have little money to buy essentials, say nothing about purchasing a house. The Americans don't have the same habit as people in other nations in saving money for the future. Instead, Americans like to use credit.

People are nesting

Per CNBC: 'Sales were down 26.6% annually.' One can hope for a V

Th pandemics will recur as long as people do not strengthen their immunity - naturally - as adapted to nature in millions of years. Can people learn?

TrumpCrimeSyndicate is Manipulating the Stock Market, DOW Jones to give investors a false sense of hope. We're in a Global Mess. Soon, UN will Sanction US Human Rights Violatins. 2.2 million ppl sick and 120+ are DEAD mostly BLACK. PoliceBrutality Killing Blacks CNBC SMDH!

People are missing their mortgage payments. How are people expected to purchase a home?

pandemic* not the virus. The virus hasnt event TOUCHED 1% of the human population

Homeowners need the help of banks to refinance instantly interest rates roll back to 2.5%

This is actually good news.

housing market fuck that ppl are out of work jobs have been lost.

keep it goin! maybe one day my generation will be able to afford to own a house.

Yea, it's also all of these Joe Biden rallies that are hurting the housing market. Who wants to buy a house when these Joe Biden rioters are just going to burn it down?

Good for buyers I guess.

NYC hate crime. Homeless man attacked with a large firework. Reportedly transported to hospital with 2nd degree burns and both his eyes are permanently damaged

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 471. in US

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Existing home sales drop in May, but signs point to a big rebound in the real-estate market this summerU.S. existing-home sales fall in May, but there are upbeat signs for summer
Source: MarketWatch - 🏆 3. / 97 Read more »

U.S. existing home sales slump to 9-1/2-year lowU.S. home sales dropped to their lowest level in more than 9-1/2 years in May, strengthening expectations for a sharp contraction in housing market activity in the second quarter following disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The winning keeps on giving. There'll be a lot of homes for sale in Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland and Atlanta soon. Wow, if only we could point to a cause, something that has been out of the ordinary, something that might deter one from buying a house....I guess some things must remain a mystery
Source: Reuters - 🏆 2. / 97 Read more »

Top Stocks To Buy Now As Existing Home Sales PlummetDespite the low numbers shown in the Existing Home Sales data the went out today, June is expected to be an improvement with the economy reopened and people comfortable with seeing houses. All optimism aside, our deep learning algorithms have used AI to help you spot the Top Buys today.
Source: Forbes - 🏆 394. / 53 Read more »

Existing home sales bottom, Realtors forecast housing-market recovery - Business InsiderBusiness Insider is a fast-growing business site with deep financial, media, tech, and other industry verticals. Launched in 2007, the site is now the largest business news site on the web. More existing homes than people who can afford them. Still building more. Rise sequentially m/m, sure. Rise y/y with headwinds of low supply, rising prices, tighter credit, U6 unemployment at 21%. That will be a miracle.
Source: BusinessInsider - 🏆 729. / 51 Read more »

Dean Unglert and Caelynn Miller-Keyes on If They're Really MarriedDean Unglert and Caelynn Miller-Keyes are setting the record straight on their relationship! TheBachelorGOAT This poor girl. Life in a dirty van & a fake marriage. Muthah of Gawd she really took a hit.
Source: etnow - 🏆 696. / 51 Read more »

Maddie Ziegler May Just Become Your New Favorite Beauty GuruMaddie Ziegler is dropping a makeup collection with Morphe, out June 25th. better than that racist fd Jeffree 😍
Source: seventeen - 🏆 412. / 53 Read more »