Home prices hit an all-time high in June, even as the housing market continued its post-pandemic slump.

The median price for an existing home sold last month was $435,300, besting the previous record, set in June 2024, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. But overall, sales numbers were at a nine-month low, seasonally adjusted. Sales in June decreased 2.7% from a month earlier.

How can prices be so high when the market is so slow?

“Today’s housing market is really haves and have-nots,” says Jessica Lautz, deputy chief economist at the National Association of Realtors.

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    29 days ago

    Article misses the main cause: corporate buyers. Calling them “cash buyers” to bury the problem.