US New-Home Sales Plunge in Nov
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Sales of new homes unexpectedly plunged in November at the sharpest rate in more than a decade, falling 12 percent to the weakest annual rate since July, the Commerce Department said on Thursday.
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The pace of new home sales fell to a seven-year low in August, according to a government report Thursday that showed the battered housing and home building markets even worse than forecasts.
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The outlook for the holiday season dimmed yesterday as the nation's retailers reported disappointing sales for November following an uninspiring Thanksgiving weekend.
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Sales of new homes plunged last month to their lowest level in more than 12 years, a grim testament to the problems plaguing the housing sector.
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Pending sales of existing U.S. homes slipped in November but were much stronger than previously thought in October, according to a report on Tuesday that offered mixed news on the battered U.S. housing sector.
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U.S. new home sales fell more than  expected in July to the their lowest pace since December, as  higher mortgage rates cooled the housing market, a government  report showed on Wednesday.
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Sales of new homes plunged by a record amount in 2007 while prices posted the weakest showing in 16 years, demonstrating the troubles builders are facing with a huge backlog of unsold homes.
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Sales at U.S. retailers fell 0.4  percent in December and were less vigorous in November than  previously thought, according to a government report on Tuesday  that implied costlier energy and slumping housing prices were  taking a toll on consumers.
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WASHINGTON - New home sales plunged in November, but analysts say that a variety of economic reports released Thursday overall paint a positive picture.
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Weakness in the U.S. housing market showed no signs of abating through the end of 2006 as sales slid in 40 states and prices dropped in metro regions with major price gains in recent years, a real estate trade association said on Thursday.
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Housing starts fell 3.7 percent in November, with construction of single-family homes sliding to the lowest level in more than 16 years as builders scrambled to cope with a deep drop in sales.
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Home prices in 20 metropolitan areas fell in November for the 11th consecutive month, as foreclosures and a slump in sales added to the glut of unsold properties.
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WASHINGTON -- Sales of previously owned homes in the United States fell in May to the lowest level in almost four years, reinforcing concerns about a protracted housing slump.
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Home prices in 10 major metropolitan areas fell a record 8.4 percent in the year through November, suggesting the housing slump is worsening, according to a Standard & Poor index released on Tuesday.
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The latest data indicates that slowing home sales and the rising number of properties for sale is forcing more sellers to reduce prices in many locations across the country.
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The number of homes listed for sale in 18 major U.S. metropolitan areas at the end of November was down 4 percent from a month earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Tuesday.
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The number of new US homes sales fell by a greater-than-expected 2.1% in May, official data shows.