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Buying a used car in the Midwest got a little more affordable in May over the previous month.
The good news is that year-over-year price increases in used vehicles in May dropped seven percentage points from the year-over-year April price increases, from April’s 23.9% to May’s 16.9%. The bad news is a used car and truck in May 2022 still cost 16.9% more than a comparable used vehicle cost in May 2021.
Major cities in the Midwest are among those hardest hit by increased used car prices between May 2021 and May 2022.
Ranked in the iSeeCars Top 50 cities are:
Minneapolis/St. Paul, ranked seventh with a 18.7% increase, or average $5,443 May year-over-year increase.Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, ranked 27th with a 15.8% increase, or average $4,466 May year-over-year increase.Milwaukee, ranked 39th with a 12.7% increase, or average $3,659 May year-over-year increase.Detroit, ranked 48th with a 8.8% increase, or average $2,632 May year-over-year increase.
According to iSeeCars’ analysts, San Antonio had the smallest price increase at 5.4%, while New York had the greatest used car price increase at 28.3%.
Year-over-year prices of used cars continue to rise, according to iSeeCars.com , largely due to a shortage of new vehicles on the market as automakers struggle to find the microchips for all the amenities customers have come to expect.
That’s still on average $4,953 more for a used vehicle purchased in May of this year over May 2021. Not surprisingly, the spike in gasoline prices has increased consumer interest in electric vehicles and hybrids, which has increased the resale price of both vehicle categories a whopping 37.7% and 32.1%, respectively.“While used car prices have seen minor decreases for the fourth consecutive month, prices remain elevated due to lingering supply constraints,” iSeeCars executive analyst Karl Brauer said in a statement. “We are also seeing a significant increase in demand for […]
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