For the second consecutive month, the average listing price sat above $27,000, landing at $27,028, up 6 percent year over year and just $12 above June’s revised $27,016.
In June last year the figure was $25,450, and through March 2026 it held between $25,207 and $25,973.
The price increases have been especially significant for older models.
In fact, listing prices for vehicles 15 years and older rose 13.9 percent, compared with a 3 percent increase for vehicles under 5 years old.
Certified pre-owned volume bounced back in July, up 6.6 percent from June to an estimated 223,676 units from 209,800.
However, set against July 2025, it barely moved.
CPO accounted for 15.5 percent of total used retail sales, up from a revised 15.1 percent in June.
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Year to date, CPO sales are running roughly 1.8 percent behind where they were at this point in 2025.