Prices for single-family, re-sale homes were up in August, year-over-year, for the eleventh month in a row. The median price rose 13.7%, while the average price was up 15.4%, reflecting a higher share of $1,000,000+ home sales.

Sales of single-family, re-sale homes continued to slide and were lower than the year before for the third straight month: -13.1%.

In a turn, pending sales were also lower than the year before for the first month since March 2008: -6.9%.

Inventory was higher than last year for the second month in a row: 18.4%.

The sales price to list price ratio for homes dropped below 100% for the first time since June 2009: 99.6%.

The median price for condos was up 5.3% year-over-year. This is the tenth month in a row the median price has been higher than the year before. After nine straight months of year-over-year gains, the average prices for condos dropped 1.7%.

Condo sales were up 0.4% compared to last August.

Pending sales were down from June, and were lower than the year before for the first time since March 2008: -11.2%.

Inventory for condos was higher than the year before for the third month in a row: 40.9%.

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