Today, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their Existing Home Sales Report for December showing a decrease in sales with total home sales dropping 1.0% since November but climbing 12.8% above the level seen in December 2011.
Single family home sales also declined falling 1.4% from November but still rising 11.5% above the level seen in December 2011 while the median selling price increased a notable 10.9% above the level seen a year earlier.
Inventory of single family homes declined notably from November to 1.60 million units dropping 21.2% below the level seen in December 2011 which, along with the sales pace, resulted in a monthly supply of 4.4 months.
The following charts (click for full-screen dynamic version) shows national existing single family home sales, median home prices, inventory and months of supply since 2005.
