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Housing

New Residential Sales — August 2026

Released September 24, 2026 · Census Bureau / HUD · full release · charts & history on EconomicsGuru
New single-family homes sold rose by 41,000 in August 2026 to 684, −14,000 from a year ago. Prior month: 643.
New home sales
684
▲ +41,000 m/m
· −14,000 y/y
Median price
$393,700
▲ +0.4% m/m
· −5.8% y/y
Months supply
8.5 mo
▼ −5.6% m/m
· 0.0% y/y

Revision check

Revision check clear. Prior periods were checked against the values in the last report — no revisions found. All changes below are computed on current-vintage data.

Key figures

Headline →August 2026July 2026M/M chgM/M %Y/Y chgY/Y %12-period trend
New single-family homes sold
SAAR, thousands of units
684643▲ +41,000▲ +6.4%▼ −14,000▼ −2.0%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Median sales price, new homes$393,700$392,200▲ +$1,500▲ +0.4%▼ −$24,200▼ −5.8%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Months' supply at current sales rate8.5 mo9.0 mo▼ −0.5 mo▼ −5.6%▪ 0.0 mo▪ 0.0%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trend bars show the level over the last 13 periods; the latest period is highlighted.

What stood out

  • Median sales price, new homes: down 5.8% from a year ago — the steepest year-over-year decline since July 2025.
  • 30-year fixed mortgage rate: highest since July 2025 (13 months).

Full detail

Show every category and subcategory
Full detail — context →August 2026July 2026M/M chgM/M %Y/Y chgY/Y %
30-year fixed mortgage rate6.7%6.5%▲ +0.1 pp—▲ +0.1 pp—

Sources

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Prepared 2026-09-25 01:02 UTC. Green marks an increase, red a decrease — direction only, not good or bad.