Northeast: Existing-home sales' annual rate: 740,000, an increase of 2.8 percent. Sales are 17.5 percent higher than April 2015.
Midwest: Existing-home sales' annual rate: 1.39 million, an increase of 12.1 percent. Sales are also 12.1 percent higher than April 2015.
South: Existing-home sales' annual rate: 2.19 million, a decrease of 2.7 percent. Sales are still 4.3 percent higher than April 2015.
West: Existing-home sales' annual rate: 1.13 million, a decrease of 1.7 percent. Sales are 3.4 percent lower than April 2015.