Earlier this week, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) published its quarterly survey of the national's real estate market. It is not surprising that the existing home sales declined more then 10 percent over last year, but what really makes the news is in almost two thirds of the metropolitan areas, median price of single-family home has year-over-year appreciation.
From the NAR news release:
Home price trends are improving in metropolitan areas but existing-home sales during the second quarter were below a year ago in most states, according to the latest quarterly survey by the National Association of Realtors.
In the second quarter, 97 out of 149 metropolitan statistical areas 1 show year-over-year increases in median existing single-family home prices, including nine areas with double-digit annual gains; 50 had price declines; and two were unchanged. In the first quarter of 2007, revised data shows 83 areas had annual price increases, while in the fourth quarter of 2006 only 68 areas were up.
Total state existing-home sales, including single-family and condo, were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.91 million units in the second quarter, down 10.8 percent from a 6.63 million-unit pace in the second quarter of 2006. Six states showed increases in the sales pace from a year ago; one was unchanged and complete data for two states were not available.
How can this happen?
译文:
当价格上涨并非真正的价格上涨时
本周初，全美房地产经纪人协会公布了自己对全国房地产市场的季度调查。房屋销量比去年下降了10个百分点不足为奇，但真正具有新闻价值的是，在几乎三分之二的大城市区中独户住房的中价每年都在上涨
来自：全美房地产经纪人协会新闻稿
大城市区的房屋价格走势正在改善，但是根据全美房地产经纪人协会最新的季度调查，在大多数州第二季度现有房屋的销量低于去年同期销量。
在第二季度，149个被调查的大城市区中有97个显示独户住房的中价每年都有增加，其中有九个拥有两位数的利润，50个房价下降，两个保持不变。在2007年第一季度，修正的数据表明83个地区实现年度的价格增长，2006年第四季度却只有68个地区实现增长。
第二季度，现存房屋包括独户住房和公寓楼在内销售总态势，是季节调整年率591万套比2006年第二季度的663万套下降了10.8%。有六个州的房屋销售进度比一年前有增长，一个州保持不变，两个州的完整信息还没有。
怎么会出现这种局面？
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