Sales of new homes improved last month after the worst summer in nearly five decades, but not enough to lift the struggling economy. [...]
Sales of new homes jumped last month, but it was the second-weakest month on record. The lackluster economy has made potential buyers skittish about shopping for homes. New home sales rose nearly 24 percent in June from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual sales pace of 330,000, the Commerce Department said Monday. May’s [...] [...]
The latest Census Bureau new home sales statistics showed sales of new homes in 13 western states, including Colorado, jumped in June from the previous month. [...]
WASHINGTON – Sales of newly built homes were flat in April, but are now 7 percent above the rock-bottom lows of January, another indication the three-year housing downturn could be ending.The Commerce Department said today that sales rose 0.3 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 352,000. But the increase came from [...] [...]