Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: New Home Sales Decrease to 657,000 Annual Rate in January
Brief excerpt:
The Census Bureau reported New Home Sales in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 657 thousand. The previous three months were revised up.
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The next graph shows new home sales for 2024 and 2025 by month (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate). Sales in January 2025 were down 1.1% from January 2024.
New home sales, seasonally adjusted, have increased year-over-year in 19 of the last 22 months. This is essentially the opposite of what happened with existing home sales that had been down year-over-year every month for 3+ years (existing home sales have been up year-over-year for the last 4 months).
There is much more in the article.