New Home Sales Increase to 698,000 Annual Rate in December (Despite Mortgage Rates Being Around 7%)

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Sales of new US homes ended 2024 on a high note in December as customers took advantage of incentives from builders, leading to a second straight year of increased purchases. 

For the full year, customers purchased 683,000 homes, up about 2.5% from 2023’s total.

Sales of new single-family houses in December 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 3.6 percent above the revised November rate of 674,000 and is 6.7 percent above the December 2023 estimate of 654,000.

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