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New Home Sales Beat Expectations With Significant Regional Volatility

US DATA
  • New home sales were stronger than expected in July at 714k (cons 704k), with a 4.4% increase (cons 1.0%) after a marginally downward revised -2.8% in June (initial -2.5%).
  • A wild breakdown by major region makes it hard to get a sense of the underlying trend, ranging from +47% for the relatively small midwest to -6% for the south, by far the largest.
  • New home sales are back at pre-pandemic levels continues to contrast heavily with existing home sales continuing to decline at more than 20% below pre-pandemic levels. It comes with continued high supply of new builds, with new homes as a share of all homes on the market continuing to sit at very high relative levels.

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