Wednesday, November 25, 2015

new home sales trends


Economic trending data continues to reflect the rocky road of volatility that appears to be this extended cycles 'new normal'...

As the chart below shows, new home construction has plateaued and has been in decline ever since February of 2015 when it posted its post-recession peak of 545K. But what is more troubling is that the median price of new homes tumbled from 307,800 in September, or the highest in the series history to just $281,500, the lowest in 13 months!