Number of the Day

The Housing Market’s Red-Hot Summer, by the Numbers

In the middle of a recession, the residential real estate market is suddenly booming

Marker Editors
Marker
Published in
2 min readAug 25, 2020
Marker # of the Day: 24.7% — The monthly increase in existing-home sales in July. Source: National Association of Realtors
Photo illustration, source: Mike Kemp/Getty Images

24.7%: That’s the monthly increase in existing-home sales in July, according to the National Association of Realtors; the numbers, released late last week, are “among the strongest…

--

--