By Inman News, Thursday, September 25, 2008. August sales of new single-family homes fell dramatically from a year ago while the median price dipped at a more modest pace, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 460,000 units, new-home sales were approximately 11.5 percent below July's rate and some 34.5 percent below the 702,000-unit pace in August 2007.
The median price of new houses sold in August -- $221,900 -- dropped 6.1 percent from $236,500 a year ago. more...