CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto June 4, 2024 14:52:00
Let me read you a key line from the chief economist, he said, quote, we're witnessing a housing recession in terms of declining home sales and home building, however, it is not a recession in terms of home prices. let me show you what we mean. the median price of an existing home sold in july at $404,000, that's up 11% year over year, 12 straight months of year over year price gains, but prices are cooling off. month over month, prices actually dipped a bit. we just have to remember, though, that demand for homes remains very strong. supply is weak. a lot is going to depend on what happens wit...