2010 1st Quarter Real Estate Market Data – The State of US Home Prices

by Property Management on May 26, 2010

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Real Estate Home Prices

Real Estate Home Prices

Home Prices

The median price of new homes sold during the first quarter of 2010 was $217,800, down 1 percent from the fourth quarter of 2009 but up 5 percent from the first quarter of 2009. The average price of new homes sold during the first quarter was $276,700, up 1 percent from the previous quarter and up 8 percent from the first quarter of 2009. The estimated price of a constant ­quality house during the first quarter of 2010 is $282,200, 1 percent lower than the previous quarter but up 3 percent from the first quarter of 2009. All changes are statistically insignificant with the exception of the year­ to­ year change in average prices. The set of physical characteristics used to represent a constant ­quality house is based on the kinds of houses sold in 2005.

The median price of existing homes—including single-­family homes,town homes, condominiums, and cooperatives—that sold in the first quarter of 2010 was $166,700 down 2 percent from the previous quarter and down 1 percent from the first quarter of 2009, according to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. The average price of existing homes sold, $212,100, was 2 percent lower than the fourth quarter of 2009 but 1 percent higher than the first quarter of last year.

Repeat Sales Price Index

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA’s) purchase­ only House Price Index (HPI) stood at 197.6 on a seasonally adjusted (SA) basis in the fourth quarter of 2009, 0.1 percent above the previous quarter and 1.2 percent above the fourth quarter of 2008. The national Case­ Shiller® Home Price Index (HPI) was 136.4 (SA) in the fourth quarter of 2009, down 0.4 percent from the previous quarter but up 2.4 percent year ­over­ year.

The FHFA annual index stood at 198.6 in 2009, down 4.6 percent from 2008.The Case ­Shiller® annual index fell 11.5 percent, to 134.1.

Read below more on Home Sales Results for 1st Quarter 2010

2010 1st quarter real estate market data – the state of us home sales

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