California Home Sales Up 6.6% Year-over-year SAAR in September

Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: California Home Sales Up 6.6% Year-over-year SAAR in September

A brief excerpt:

The NAR is scheduled to release September Existing Home sales on Thursday, October 24th at 10:00 AM. The consensus is for the NAR to report sales of 4.06 million SAAR. Last year, the NAR reported sales in September 2024 at 3.90 million SAAR.

California reports Seasonally Adjusted (SA) sales and some measures of inventory whereas most of the local is Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA).

From the California Association of Realtors® (C.A.R.): California home sales rebound in September with modest monthly and annual gains, C.A.R. says

After five consecutive months of year-over-year declines, September home sales activity climbed 5 percent from the 264,240 homes sold in August and rose 6.6 percent from a year ago, when 260,340 homes were sold on an annualized basis. September marked the 36th straight month in which the seasonally adjusted sales rate remained below the 300,000 benchmark. …

This is in line with national sales being up year-over-year.

There is much more in the article.