This is 12.4 percent below the revised June rate of 315,000 and is 32.4 percent below the July 2009estimate of 408,000.
The median sales price of new houses sold in July 2010 was $204,000; the average sales price was $235,300. The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of July was 210,000. This represents a supply of 9.1 months at the current sales rate.