US New Home Sales Surge In July, Highest Annual Spike Since 1996

by Tyler Durden Tue, 08/25/2020 – 10:07

After June’s continued resurgence in US home sales, July is expected to see a significant slowdown in that recovery, with new home sales expected to rise 1.8% MoM. Instead, new home sales soared a stunning 13.9% MoM. This means new home sales in the US rose 36.3% YoY – the most since 1996…

Source: Bloomberg

Driven by and 81.4% increase in Midwest New home sales, highest since Jan 1992

New Home Sales SAAR is 901k (against expectations of 790k), the most since Jan 2007…

Source: Bloomberg

Median new home price rose 7.2% y/y to $330,600; average selling price at $391,300

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-new-home-sales-surge-july-highest-annual-spike-1996