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New Home Sales in October at annual rate of 685,000
New Home Sales
Sales of new single-family houses in October 2017 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 6.2 percent (±18.0 percent)* above the revised September rate of 645,000 and is 18.7 percent (±23.5 percent)* above the October 2016 estimate of 577,000.
Sales Price
The median sales price of new houses sold in October 2017 was $312,800. The average sales price was $400,200.
For Sale Inventory and Months’ Supply
The seasonally-adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of October was 282,000. This represents a supply of 4.9 months at the current sales rate.
Posted: November 27, 2017 Monday 10:00 AM