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Housing Trends February 2016 report from Perry Peace

Perry Peace

Debordieu Colony Real Estate 

129 Luvan Blvd.
Georgetown, SC 29440


Phone: (843) 546-4176 

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February 2016


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Existing-Home Sales Inch Forward in January, Price Growth Accelerates

WASHINGTON (February 23, 2016) — Existing-home sales crept forward in January to the highest annual rate in six months, and subpar supply levels propelled price growth to the fastest increase since last April, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The West was the only region to see a decline in sales in January.


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Existing home sales (January)

5.47 millions units*

Existing home median price (January)

$213,800

Housing Starts (January)

1.099 millions units*

New home sales (December)

0.544 millions units*
*Seasonally adjusted annual rate. Source: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.

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Home ownership

4th Qtr 2015

+63.8%

4th Qtr 2014

+64.0%
The homeownership rate in the fourth quarter 2015 was 63.8 percent, down 0.2 (+/- 0.4)* percentage points from the fourth quarter 2014 rate of 64.0 percent. The homeownership rates in the Northeast, Midwest, South and West were not statistically different from the rates in the fourth quarter 2014.

New home sales

January 2016

-9.2%

December 2015

+8.2%
Sales of new single-family houses in January 2016 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 494,000. This is 9.2 percent (+/- 13.5%)* below the revised December 2015 estimate of 544,000.
Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

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Home Ownership matters…to people, to communities, and to America. Why? • For every two homes sold, one job is created in the U.S. • Each purchase generates as much as $60,000 in economic activity over time.Read more
Buying is now cheaper than renting in 74 percent of the nation’s largest cities. Low home prices and “rock-bottom” interest rates as well as tax advantages of homeownership are the reasons why it’s now cheaper to BUY a 2-bdrm home than to rent one. Check out this CNN Money article with the details. Read more
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