US new home sales fell 5.9% in April after big March gain
Sales of new homes fell 5.9% in April, suffering a setback after sales had surged in March
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Your support makes all the difference.Sales of new homes fell 5.9% in April, suffering a setback after sales had surged in March.
Sales dropped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 863,000 last month, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. That followed a revised sales pace of 917,000 in March.
The median price of a new home sold last month was $372,400, up from $310,100 in April 2020.
The report on new home sales follows a report last week that sales of existing homes fell for a third straight month in April, dropping 2.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.85 million units.
Economists see the declines as temporary setbacks with strong demand and low inventories expected to keep pushing sales higher this year.