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New Home Sales Disappoint With Revisions But Still Pushing Higher

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  • New home sales were softer than expected when factoring in a downward revision to Jan that unwound much of its surprise strength, rising 1.1% M/M in Feb (cons -3.1%) after 1.8% (initially 7.2%).
  • New sales have still increased for three months running and saw an apparent bottoming in activity ahead of the much larger existing sale segment, although the latter did see a significant closing of the relative gap with its own 14.5% surge in recent February data.
  • A key question now is what happens to sales reliant on mortgages, with lending likely squeezed by this month’s flare up in regional banking woes, although that could take a few months of sales data to materialize.

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