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July
2009 sales
of new one-family houses grew at seasonally adjusted annual rate of
433,000, up 9.6%
over the revised June rate of 395,000. Â The
 rate is still 13.4% below the July 2008 estimate of 500,000.
The median sales price of new houses sold in July 2009 was $210,100;
the average sales price was $269,200. The seasonally adjusted
estimate of new houses for sale at the end of July was
271,000.Â
This represents a supply of 7.5 months at the current sales rate.
| Home
Sales |
2008 |
2009
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| (1000s,
seasonally adjusted) |
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr (rev)
|
May (rev)
|
Jun
(rev)
|
Jul
(prelim)
|
Jun-
Jul %
change
|
| Houses
Sold |
500
|
444
|
436
|
409
|
390
|
374
|
329
|
354
|
332
|
345
|
362
|
395
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433 |
9.6%
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| Houses
For Sale |
419
|
412
|
395
|
380
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370
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350
|
340
|
328
|
313
|
313
|
293
|
280
|
271 |
-3.2%
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| Months
of Supply |
10.1
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11.1
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10.9
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11.1
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11.4
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11.2
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12.4
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11.1
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11.3
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10.4
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9.7
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8.5
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7.5 |
-11.8%
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(rev)
-
revised
(pelim) - preliminary
Source:
U.S.
Census Bureau and
the Department of Housing and Urban Development
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