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August
2009 sales of new one-family houses in the United States were at a
seasonally adjusted annual rate of 429,000, according to estimates from
the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
This
is 0.7% above the revised July rate of 426,000, but is 3.4% below the
August 2008 estimate of 444,000.
The
median sales price of new houses sold in August 2009 was $195,200; the
average sales price was $256,800. The seasonally adjusted
estimate of new houses for sale at the end of August was
262,000. This represents a supply of 7.3 months at the
current sales rate.
| Home
Sales |
2008 |
2009
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| (1000s,
seasonally adjusted) |
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May (rev)
|
Jun
(rev)
|
Jul
(rev)
|
Aug
(prelim)
|
JunJul-Aug
% change
|
| Houses
Sold |
444
|
436
|
409
|
390
|
374
|
329
|
354
|
332
|
345
|
371
|
400
|
426 |
429
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0.7% |
| Houses
For Sale |
412
|
395
|
380
|
370
|
350
|
340
|
328
|
313
|
300
|
293
|
280
|
270 |
262
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-3.0% |
| Months
of Supply |
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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9.5
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8.4
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7.6 |
7.3
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.3.9% |
(rev)
-
revised
(pelim) - preliminary
Source:
U.S.
Census Bureau and
the Department of Housing and Urban Development
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