US Oct new home sales fell 3.5 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | November 26, 2003

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US Oct new home sales fell 3.5 pct
Wednesday November 26, 10:00 am ET

   WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Department
Reported sales of new single-family homes, seasonally adjusted,
with percent changes from prior month (numbers in 1,000s).
.             Pct   Oct    Sep  (Prev)    Aug     (Prev)   Oct'02
Total Units  -3.5 1,105  1,145   1,145  1,167     1,147   1,005
 By Region:   Pct   Oct    Sep  (Prev)    Aug    (Prev)       
  Northeast  -3.3    87     90      97     76        77       
  Midwest    -0.5   203    204     209    257       255       
  South      -1.0   516    521     504    537       517       
  West       -9.4   299    330     335    297       298       
Total October sales of new single-family homes rose 10.0
percent from October 2002.
.  In 1,000s:        Oct    Sep (Prev)    Aug  (Prev)
Actual Units Sold     84     92     92    102    100
Sales Prices:                                    
  Mean             250.2  253.7  256.2  237.4  238.2
  Median           190.9  189.9  187.4  188.1  187.8
Note-Actual number of new single-family units sold is not
seasonally adjusted.
Monthly percent changes of total sales, seasonally adjusted,
from prior months as follows:
.                Sep (Prev)    Aug  (Prev)   Jul  (Prev)
Total Units     -1.9   -0.2    1.9   1.1    -4.6   -5.5
Number of Months:       Oct    Sep (Prev)    Aug (Prev)
 Supply of Homes        4.0    3.7    3.7    3.6    3.6
1,000 units:            Oct    Sep (Prev)    Aug (Prev)
 End-Month Inventory    360    345    342    344    341
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of economists forecast:
 U.S. Oct new home sales annual rate of 1.125 million units

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The full Dept of Commerce report (.pdf) is at NEW RESIDENTIAL SALES IN OCTOBER 2003

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