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New Home Sales Miss In October But Keep To Recent Range

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  • New home sales were weaker than expected in October at a seasonally adjusted 679k annualized (cons 723k). However, it only takes it back close to levels seen in August as volatility remains, and with sales broadly flatlining between 660-730k since April.
  • The latest monthly change was broadly in keeping with consensus (falling -5.6% vs -5.1%), with the miss driven by some of last month’s notable strength being revised away (8.6% vs initial 12.3%) along with some downward revisions to July and August.
  • The regional breakdown offers no clear trends, with latest M/M rates ranging between -23% M/M and +13% M/M.
  • Despite the trend flatlining in new home sales, they paint a notably different picture to existing home sales, with new home sales at pre-pandemic levels vs new home sales almost 30% lower.

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