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New Home Sales in April at annual rate of 662,000
New Home Sales
Sales of new single-family houses in April 2018 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 662,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 1.5 percent (±11.8 percent)* below the revised March rate of 672,000, but is 11.6 percent (±23.7 percent)* above the April 2017 estimate of 593,000.
Sales Price
The median sales price of new houses sold in April 2018 was $312,400. The average sales price was $407,300.
For Sale Inventory and Months’ Supply
The seasonally-adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of April was 300,000. This represents a supply of 5.4 months at the current sales rate.
Posted: May 23, 2018 Wednesday 10:00 AM