Wednesday, May 28, 2008

April 2008 New Home Sales

Sales of new one-family houses in April 2008 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 526,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 3.3% above the revised March rate of 509,000, but is 42.0% below the April 2007 estimate of 907,000.

The median sales price of new houses sold in April 2008 was $246,100; the average sales price was $321,000. The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at he end of April was 456,000. This represents a supply of 10.6 months at the current sales rate.

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