(September 25, 2009 Release) Highlights • New home sales rose 0.7 percent in August to an annualized 429,000 units compared to 426,000 annualized units posted in July. • The modest increase in sales was welcome news. New home sales were mixed by region. The sales in the Northeast and Midwest declined by 16.3 percent and 5.8 percent, respectively, while sales in the South were flat and sales in the West rose by only 12.1 percent.

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New Home Sales (Census Bureau)