New Home Sales Surge to Highest Point Since 2007
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in conjunction with the U.S. Census Bureau released its report on New Residential Sales for November 2017 on Friday.
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The sales figures were seasonally adjusted and came to an estimated 733,000, an increase of 17.5 percent (plus or minus 10.4 percent) from October’s revised rate of 624,000—representing the highest level since July 2007. Additionally, figures increased 26.6 percent (plus or minus 16.6 percent) of November’s estimate a year prior, which totaled 579,000.
New houses sold in November had an average price of $318,700; the median sales price came to $377,100. The report also figures that, at the end of November on a seasonally adjusted level, there are…
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