Oct new home sales slip, but prices rise
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Sales of new U.S. homes dipped in  October and inventories rose, but builders boosted prices by  over $30,000 per unit after a sharp decline in home prices a  month earlier, a government report showed Wednesday.
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Home prices declined a record 6.7 percent in October compared with a year ago, according to the Standard & Poorâs/Case-Shiller home price index.
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Pending sales of existing U.S. homes fell 1.7 percent in October but held above the low hit in July, suggesting the housing market is stabilizing, a real estate trade association said on Monday.
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House prices rose 1% in November after a small fall in October, according to the latest survey from the Nationwide building society.
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New home sales posted an unexpected increase in September. Analysts, however, viewed the small gain as highly questionable given the severe credit crunch that rocked the housing industry this summer. They predicted further sales declines before the worst housing slump in more than two decades comes to an end.
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WASHINGTON - Sales of existing homes edged down a less-than-expected 0.1 percent in October as low mortgage rates continued to support a record year, a trade association report showed Tuesday.
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Sales of new U.S. homes tumbled to a  smaller-than-expected seasonally adjusted 1.072 million  annualized rate in July and a key inventory measure jumped to a  ten-year high, pointing to a rapidly cooling housing market, a  government report showed on Thursday.
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Despite uptick in September, a glut of homes suggests that more price-cutting lies ahead.
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US new home sales unexpectedly rose 0.2 percent in October to 1.226 million at an annual rate, the third highest ever, as hiring improved and borrowing costs fell.
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Sales of new homes rose slightly in September but remained near their lowest levels ever. Orders for durable goods declined, but a crucial measure of business spending rose.
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The pace of existing home sales unexpectedly rose in October to a 6.24 million-unit annual rate as a record drop in prices tempted buyers, the National Association of Realtors said on Tuesday.
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Sales of existing homes were up both nationally and in Lee County in November, according to statistics released today. Meanwhile, the median price for a single-family home also continued to rise both locally and nationally.
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U.S. new home sales rose 0.2 percent in October to the third-highest level on record following an upwardly revised gain in September, a government report showed on Wednesday.
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U.S. existing home sales posted their largest gain in two years last month, a sign the housing market may be climbing out of a slump, but orders for big-ticket factory goods fell as businesses showed wariness about the economy's health.
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UK house prices rose by  0.7% in October from the previous month, figures from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) show.
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The pace of existing U.S. home sales edged up in November from a record low, according to a report on Monday that offered some tentative signs of stabilization in the still-ailing housing market.
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This week will see the release of October new and existing home sales, a measure of strength in the housing industry. But the short holiday week will also leave investors looking ahead to the holiday travel season.