Estados Unidos Vendas de Casas Novas

Sales of new single-family homes in the United States surged by 7.4% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 724,000, extending the 1.8% increase in the earlier period to the highest in six months, and firmly above market expectations of 680,000 homes. The sales were in line with the growth in mortgage applications in the period as benchmark borrowing costs fell. The surge in sales was the most prominent in the South (13.6% to 483,000 and the Midwest (3% to 69,000), which offset declines in the Northeast (-22.2% to 28,000) and the West (-1.4% to 144,000). The median home price eased by 1.9% to $403,600. Meanwhile, housing inventory was at 503,000 units, equivalent to 8.3 months of supply at the current sales rate.