New Home Sales Rose 2.3% in December
Washington, DC, January 26, 2023—Sales of new single-family houses in December 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 616,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2.3% above the revised November rate of 602,000 and 26.6% below the December 2021 estimate of 839,000.