by Calculated Risk on 7/27/2005 11:00:00 AM

According to a Census Bureau report, New Home Sales in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.374 million vs. market expectations of 1.3 million. May sales were revised up to 1.321 million from 1.271 million.


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NOTE: The graph starts at 700 thousand units per month to better show monthly variation.

Sales of new one-family houses in June 2005 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,374,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.



The Not Seasonally Adjusted monthly rate was 122,000 New Homes sold, down from a revised 123,000 in May.

The median sales price of new houses sold in June 2005 was $214,800; the average sales price was $267,400.



The average sales price is down and the median price is the lowest since September of 2004.

The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of June was 454,000. This represents a supply of 4.0 months at the current sales rate.

The seasonally adjusted supply of New Homes was 4.0 months, about normal for the last few years.