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Posted April 25, 2018

New home sales rise 4 percent in March

Average sales price was $369,900. 


Sales of newly built single-family homes rose 4% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 694,000 units after an upwardly revised February report, according to newly released data from HUD and the Census Bureau. This the second highest reading since the Great Recession.

“The March new home sales report is consistent with our solid builder confidence readings over the past several months,” said NAHB Chairman Randy Noel. “As consumer confidence grows and more prospective buyers enter the housing market, the sales numbers should continue to make gains.”

Regionally, new home sales rose 28.3% in the West and 0.8% in the South. Sales decreased 2.4% in the Midwest and 54.8% in the Northeast.

“We saw sales move forward in the West and the South regions, which is in line with recent evidence of faster growth in population, employment and single-family construction in these areas,” said NAHB senior economist Michael Neal. “But with nationwide economic growth and favorable demographics, we can expect continued strengthening of the housing market across the country.”

The inventory of new home sales for sale was 301,000 in March, which is a 5.2-month supply at the current sales pace. The median sales price of new houses sold was $337,200.

Below are the official figures:

New Home Sales
Sales of new single-family houses in March 2018 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 694,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 4.0 percent (±18.6 percent)* above the revised February rate of 667,000 and is 8.8 percent (±17.0 percent)* above the March 2017 estimate of 638,000.

Sales Price
The median sales price of new houses sold in March 2018 was $337,200. The average sales price was $369,900.

For Sale Inventory and Months’ Supply
The seasonally-adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of March was 301,000. This represents a supply of 5.2 months at the current sales rate.

Source: www.census.gov and www.nahbnow.com.

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