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Economic Data Brief |
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Housing
Existing Home Sales — August 2026
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| Existing home sales fell by 80,000 in August 2026 to 3,980,000, −50,000 from a year ago. Prior month: 4,060,000. | |
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Sales
3,980,000
▼ −80,000 m/m
· −50,000 y/y
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Months supply
4.9 mo
▲ +6.5% m/m
· +6.5% y/y
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| Revision check| Revision check clear. Prior periods were checked against the values in the last report — no revisions found. All changes below are computed on current-vintage data. |
Key figures| Headline → | August 2026 | July 2026 | M/M chg | M/M % | Y/Y chg | Y/Y % | 12-period trend |
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| Existing home sales SAAR, units | 3,980,000 | 4,060,000 | ▼ −80,000 | ▼ −2.0% | ▼ −50,000 | ▼ −1.2% | | | Months' supply of inventory | 4.9 mo | 4.6 mo | ▲ +0.3 mo | ▲ +6.5% | ▲ +0.3 mo | ▲ +6.5% | | | Trend bars show the level over the last 13 periods; the latest period is highlighted. |
What stood out- Existing home sales: lowest level on record (data back to August 2025).
- Months' supply of inventory: highest level on record (data back to August 2025).
- Inventory of homes for sale: highest since November 2019 (81 months).
Full detailShow every category and subcategory| Full detail — NAR components (hand-entered) → | August 2026 | July 2026 | M/M chg | M/M % | Y/Y chg | Y/Y % |
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| Median existing-home price | $429,100 | $434,100 | ▼ −$5,000 | ▼ −1.2% | ▲ +$6,700 | ▲ +1.6% | | Inventory of homes for sale | 1.6M | 1.5M | ▲ +0.1M | ▲ +5.2% | ▲ +0.1M | ▲ +5.9% | | First-time buyer share | 30.0% | 29.0% | ▲ +1.0 pp | — | ▪ — | — | | All-cash sales share | 27.0% | 26.0% | ▲ +1.0 pp | — | ▪ — | — |
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Economic Impact Group, LLC
Economic research for developing communities
Prepared 2026-09-10 15:30 UTC. Green marks an
increase, red a decrease — direction only, not good or bad.
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