{"id":236253,"date":"2010-01-27T10:08:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T15:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/were-not-out-of-this-yet-new-home-sales-fall-76-in-december-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-27T10:08:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T15:08:31","slug":"new-home-sales-fall-7-6-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/236253","title":{"rendered":"New Home Sales Fall 7.6% In December"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From the Census Department:<\/p>\n

Sales of new one-family houses in December 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 342,000, according to
estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. <\/p>\n

This is 7.6 percent (±14.6%)* below the revised November rate of 370,000 and is 8.6 percent (±15.2%)* below the
December 2008 estimate of 374,000.<\/p>\n

The median sales price of new houses sold in December 2009 was $221,300; the average sales price was $290,600.  The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of December was 231,000.  This represents a supply of 8.1 months at the current sales rate. An estimated 374,000 new homes were sold in 2009.  This is 22.9 percent (±2.9%) below the 2008 figure of 485,000. <\/p>\n

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