US New home sales for July 0.607M vs 0.620M estimate

2026年8月25日最近のFX関連情報ニュース

• Prior month 0.628M revised higher to 0.678M
• New home sales for July 0.607M vs 0.620M
• New home sales percentage change -10.5% vs 1.6% last month

Details on inventories and prices: 

• New homes for sale totaled a seasonally adjusted 488,000 in July, up 1.9% from June but down 1.6% from July 2025.
• At the current sales pace, inventory represents a 9.6-month supply, up from 8.5 months in June and 9.2 months a year earlier. That is high.
• The increase in months’ supply indicates that inventory grew relative to the pace of new-home sales.

Sales prices:

• The median new-home sales price was $393,800 in July, down 2.3% from June and 0.9% from a year ago.
• The average sales price was $508,800, up 4.1% from June and 5.4% from July 2025.
• The divergence suggests stronger sales activity at the higher-priced end of the market.

Regionally: What is with the Midwest?

- New-home sales fell 10.5% nationally in July compared with June.

- The Northeast recorded the strongest gain, rising 30.3%, while sales in the West increased 6.2%.

- Sales fell sharply in the Midwest, dropping 42.7%, while the South declined 13.0%.

- Compared with July 2025, sales surged 95.5% in the Northeast and rose 2.2% in the West.

- Year over year, sales fell 50.6% in the Midwest and 5.2% in the South, leaving total U.S. sales down 6.3%.

Severe weather may have weighed on Midwest sales activity in July, although the unusually large decline should be treated cautiously because the regional data have a wide margin of error.

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.

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