Sales of new single-family homes rose 12.4% in November, the fastest pace in seven months, as the housing industry continued to benefit from low mortgage rates and strong demand.
U.S. new home sales rose at a modest pace in June but remained below sales levels earlier this year, suggesting low mortgage rates and a healthy job market aren't encouraging many more purchases.
Sales of new U.S. homes increased 4.5% in March, showing their third straight monthly gain as the housing market slowly recovers from a mortgage-rate spike last year that caused homebuying to slump.
The number of new homes sold in the U.S. plummeted by 8.9 percent in October, even as the number of newly built, unsold homes sitting on the market climbed to its highest level since 2009.
Sales of new U.S. homes plunged by 5.5 percent in September, showing the fourth straight monthly drop as the housing market cools and mortgage rates rise.
Americans stepped up their purchases of new homes at the fastest pace in more than 25 years in November, as sales rose by 17.5 percent amid strong demand and a continued shortage of existing homes on the market.