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Existing Home Sales Rise Despite Price Hikes

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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported this morning that existing home sales rose by 2.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.47 million units in July compared with 4.37 million units in June. Analysts had been expecting a rise to 4.52 million units.

Total housing inventory stood at 2.4 million existing homes at the end of July, up slightly from 2.39 million in June. The total represents a 6.4-month supply at the pace of sales. Last July the inventory stood at a 7.1-month supply.

The nationwide median price for an existing home sale was $187,300, up 9.4% from July 2011.

Combined with today’s earlier report on mortgage applications and the solid earnings report from homebuilder Toll Bros. Inc. (NYSE: TOL), the U.S. housing market continues to make a comeback.

While the NAR’s figures on sales are important — especially to the group’s member Realtors — the inventory numbers are probably more important as a measure of where the market is headed. Based on existing home inventory, the housing market continues its recovery.

Paul Ausick

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Paul Ausick has been writing for 247Wallst.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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