WASHINGTON – Sales of new homes recovered in October after suffering a steep drop in September, indicating a return to stability in the housing market. The Commerce Department says new-home sales climbed 10.7 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted ...

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WASHINGTON — Sales of new U.S. homes plummeted in March, as the spring buying season opened with sharp declines in the Northeast and South. The Commerce Department said late last week that new-home sales fell 11.4 percent in March to ...

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WASHINGTON – Sales of new U.S. homes edged up modestly in October, led by a big jump in activity in the Midwest. New home sales advanced 0.7 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 458,000, the Commerce ...

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WASHINGTON  — Fewer Americans bought new homes in July, evidence that the housing sector is struggling to gain traction more than five years into the economic recovery. The Commerce Department said Monday that new-home sales fell 2.4 percent last month ...

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New single-family home sales have hit a six-year high. Sales of new homes surged 18.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 504,000, the U.S. Census Bureau said. It’s the highest level since May 2008 and the biggest increase ...

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January marked a bright spot in the U.S. housing market with sales of new single-family homes leaping to a 5 ½- year high. The Census Bureau said that sales of new homes rose 9.6 percent from December and 2.2 percent ...

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