New home sales in US increase in December

Wednesday, 27 January 2016 22:12:19 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego
       

Sales of new single-family houses in December 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 544,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.  This is 10.8 percent (±17.1 percent) above the revised November rate of 491,000 and is 9.9 percent (±25.0 percent) above the December 2014 estimate of 495,000.

The median sales price of new houses sold in December 2015 was $288,900; the average sales price was $346,400.  The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of December was 237,000.  This represents a supply of 5.2 months at the current sales rate.

An estimated 501,000 new homes were sold in 2015. This is 14.5 percent (±4.5 percent) above the 2014 figure of 437,000.

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