The U.S. Commerce
Department announced on Wednesday that the sales of new single-family homes surged
7.0 percent m-o-m to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 646, 000 units in June.
Economists had
forecast the sales pace of 660,000 last month.
May’s sales
pace was revised down to 604,000 units from the originally reported 626,000
units.
According to
the report, new home sales in the South, the largest area, increased 0.3
percent m-o-m in June to a 13-month high, while sales in the West climbed
50.4%, recording the biggest gain since August 2010 after 38.5% plunge in May.
Meanwhile, sales in the Midwest tumbled 26.3% to their lowest level since
September 2015, and sales in the Northeast dropped to their lowest level in
eight months.
In y-o-y terms,
new home sales recorded a 3.7 percent drop in May.
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