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Sales of newly-built single-family houses occurred at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 623,000, the government reported Tuesday. That was 0.6% above the revised pace of 619,000 in March. Analysts polled by MarketWatch had forecast new-home sales to occur at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 480,000. The supply of homes for sale, meanwhile, held steady at 6.3 months.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-us-home-sales-rise-slightly-in-april-despite-coronavirus-related-shutdowns-2020-05-26