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The Week Ahead: Spotlight on New Home Sales

The U.S. Census Bureau [1] and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [2] will announce the statistics for the sale of new homes in April, on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. The data looks at new home sales for single-family houses and also looks at the sales price as well as existing inventory and months’ supply at current sale rates.

In March, the bureau had reported that new home sales for single-family homes were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 694,000, a 4 percent rise over the revised February rate of 667,000. On a year-over-year basis, home sales increased 8.8 percent from 638,000 in April 2017. The median sale prices of new homes stood at $337,000 in March and the average sales price was $369,000. The for sale inventory in March was estimated at 301,000 representing a 5.2 months’ supply at the current sales rate.

Here’s what else is in store in The Week Ahead: