New-home sales in May have validated the old adage that what goes up must come down. According to the monthly report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...

New home sales in August 2025 reached the highest level since 2022, with a 20.5% increase from July, fueled by declining mortgage rates. Despite potential revisions, the data reflects improved housing ...

The affordability gap between buying newly constructed homes and existing homes declined in the third quarter as builders look to capitalize on the uptick in demand with incentives. The price per ...

New home inventories are at a 15-year high, but homebuilders are implementing strategies to deal with the supply. New home inventory has reached 9.8 months of supply as of June 2025, marking the ...

New US residential construction declined in May to the slowest pace since the onset of the pandemic as an elevated inventory of homes for sale and high mortgage rates sapped the motivation to build.

Sales of new single-family homes dropped 13.7% in May compared with April, according to the U.S. Census. Homebuilders who reported quarterly earnings recently noted high rates cutting into ...

Sales of new US single-family homes surged to the highest level in more than 3-1/2 years in August, but that likely exaggerates the housing market’s health, and a weakening labor market could limit ...

For most of the last 50 years, new homes have cost more than existing ones, nationally. Thanks to builder strategies, shifting home designs and a new construction glut the trend has flipped. Something ...