January 27, 2010

Residental Home Sales Drop Again

Sales of new single-family homes in December 2009 fell 7.6% from November and declined 8.6% from December 2008, to 342,000.  For the full year 2009, new home sales fell 22.9% from 2008.

 The median sales price of new houses sold in December 2009 was $221,300.  The average sales price was $290,600.  Estimated new homes for sale at the end of December was 231,000.  This represents a supply of 8.1 months at the current sales rate.

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