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Title: US New-Home Sales Rose At Fastest Pace In 2 Years
Source: Associated Press
URL Source: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120625/D9VK8F501.html
Published: Jun 26, 2012
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2012-06-26 12:20:22 by Brian S
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Views: 1564
Comments: 3

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans bought new homes in May at the fastest pace in more than two years. The increase suggests a modest recovery is continuing in the U.S. housing market, despite weaker job growth.

The Commerce Department said Monday that sales of new homes increased 7.6 percent in May from April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 369,000 homes. That's the best pace since April 2010, the last month that buyers could qualify for a federal home-buying tax credit.

Even with the gains, the annual sales pace is less than half the 700,000 that economists consider to be healthy.

Yet the increase follows other signs that show the housing market is slowly improving nearly five years after the bubble burst.

Builders are gaining confidence in the market and starting to build more homes. Mortgage rates have plunged to the lowest levels on record, making home-buying more affordable. Prices remain low and have started to stabilize. And sales of previously occupied homes are much higher than the same time last year.

Though new homes represent less than 20 percent of the housing market, they have an outsize impact on the economy. Each home built creates an average of three jobs for a year and generates about $90,000 in tax revenue, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

One reason prices could rise is the supply of new homes for sale remains extremely low. Just 145,000 new homes were for sale in May. That's not much higher than the 144,000 available in April, which was the lowest supply on records dating back to 1963.

At the current sales pace, it would take 4.7 months to exhaust the May supply. A six-month supply is generally considered healthy by economists.

"With no excess inventory of unsold new homes, any sustained rebound in new home sales should quickly translate into firmer prices," said Steven Wood, chief economist at Insight Economics.

The median price of a new home sold in May edged down 0.6 percent from the April to $234,500. But the median price was 5.6 percent higher than the same month one year ago.

Builders are responding to the low supply. In May, they requested the most permits to start construction on homes and apartments in three and a half years.

The gains in new homes sold were concentrated in two regions of the country last month. Sales surged 36.7 percent in the Northeast and 12.7 percent in the South. Sales fell 10.6 percent in the Midwest and were down 3.5 percent in the West.

Sales of new homes are increasing despite a sluggish job market, which has slowed retail spending and business investment in computers and machinery. Some economists warned that the weaker job market has also started to affect some home sales.

Sales of previously occupied homes fell in May to a seasonally adjusted sales rate of 4.55 million after nearly touching a two-year high in April.

Still, re-sales have risen 9.6 percent from the same month last year.

Hiring slowed sharply in April and May, raising concerns about the strength of the recovery. Employers have added an average of only 73,000 jobs a month in April and May. That's much lower than the average of 226,000 added in the first three months of this year.

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#1. To: ALL (#0)

Yes, real estate activity and sales have gained traction...but at steeply deflationary prices.

Is THIS "good news"??

Builders had better finish up their projects quick, price their homes right, and hope 0buma loses....OE ELSE.

MEANWHILE, the back-log of pre-foreclosure and actual foreclosure inventory is astronomical and hidden outta sight from the general public. All you see is the top of the iceberg.

Liberator  posted on  2012-06-26   12:32:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Brian S (#0) (Edited)

"With no excess inventory of unsold new homes, any sustained rebound in new home sales should quickly translate into firmer prices," said Steven Wood, chief economist at Insight Economics.

A laughable Lie. ALL OF IT. The builders of double-wides would actually do a HUGE business. The McMansion inventory has been toe-tagged.

Liberator  posted on  2012-06-26   12:35:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Brian S (#0)

The Commerce Department said Monday that sales of new homes increased 7.6 percent in May from April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 369,000 homes.

Chyeah - let's take ONE single month and project an ENTIRE year of success.

Does the 0buma make this same projection for an entire year when the unemployment rate for October is 15%??

Liberator  posted on  2012-06-26   12:38:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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