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FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 AM EDT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2018
MONTHLY NEW RESIDENTIAL SALES, APRIL 2018
Release Number: CB18-77
May 23, 2018 – The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for April 2018:
NEW RESIDENTIAL SALES
APRIL 2018
New Houses Sold1: 662,000
New Houses For Sale2: 300,000
Median Sales Price: $312,400
Next Release: June 25, 2018
1Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates 2Seasonally Adjusted
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, HUD, May 23, 2018
New Home Sales
Sales of new single-family houses in April 2018 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 662,000,
according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and
Urban Development. This is 1.5 percent (±11.8 percent)* below the revised March rate of 672,000, but is
11.6 percent (±23.7 percent)* above the April 2017 estimate of 593,000.
Sales Price
The median sales price of new houses sold in April 2018 was $312,400. The average sales price was
$407,300.
For Sale Inventory and Months’ Supply
The seasonally-adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of April was 300,000. This represents a

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