By Jann Swanson
Posted To: MND NewsWire
New home sales rose on a seasonally adjusted annual basis in February, partially because of a near tripling of sales in the Northeast . Nationally sales of newly constructed single-family homes were up 7.8 percent from January to an annual rate of 539,000 units. January sales were revised upward from 481,000 units to 500,000. February sales were 24.8 percent higher than a year earlier when they were estimated at 432,000. On a non-adjusted basis there were an estimated 44,000 new homes sold during the month compared to 37,000 in January and 35,000 in February 2014. The homes sold were almost evenly divided across completed homes, homes under construction, and those for which construction had not yet begun. Despite record snowfalls in much of the region, new home sales were up 152.9 percent in…(read more)
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