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Last Revised:
September 26, 2012

For important information on the timeliness of these data compared with the official press release, the schedule for revisions to these data, links to additional related data, and standard errors for these estimates, see footnote, or go directly to the New Residential Sales web page.

The Y-axis may be truncated to prevent flattening of the lines or to present the complete range of data. In a future version of the visualization tool, the option to begin the Y-axis at the origin (0) will be available as applicable.

Source: New Home Sales (Definitions)
New Single-family Houses Sold: United States — Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate for All Houses [Thousands of Units]

TXT XLS-V XLS-H Bar Chart Line Chart Chart Instructions658KB

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1963	591	464	461	605	586	526	665	570	590	567	579	514
1964	549	609	562	559	523	580	575	582	590	583	548	540
1965	533	559	556	555	544	614	554	615	587	555	616	609
1966	599	541	557	545	499	434	435	377	358	387	382	369
1967	416	408	439	479	503	499	515	504	531	566	500	502
1968	494	543	490	501	441	441	493	507	501	502	469	511
1969	480	524	474	450	447	461	436	422	396	401	441	452
1970	461	373	389	445	466	485	481	515	564	545	570	582
1971	618	618	681	662	618	646	706	659	625	647	710	689
1972	698	711	640	684	677	687	681	773	767	843	735	772
1973	781	737	725	661	660	650	601	566	561	565	547	519
1974	523	539	572	544	590	534	534	492	511	448	450	417
1975	416	422	477	543	579	557	569	566	556	609	680	669
1976	603	644	591	611	570	591	664	648	696	708	735	767
1977	825	839	872	799	807	805	755	808	842	819	829	835
1978	795	791	814	864	857	834	789	756	812	872	798	805
1979	754	723	793	748	727	700	715	729	727	670	597	559
1980	592	541	474	370	469	552	636	659	596	561	562	532
1981	511	510	514	470	467	415	431	378	338	356	382	457
1982	368	365	374	339	384	370	375	407	481	480	554	521
1983	582	562	596	638	664	651	606	572	608	632	644	773
1984	691	696	641	639	615	630	619	567	662	687	597	597
1985	645	682	671	620	678	722	766	726	678	655	733	721
1986	733	728	880	857	789	728	698	621	763	669	707	784
1987	709	732	713	735	651	637	658	657	666	650	625	595
1988	585	663	669	699	684	717	679	688	703	718	628	658
1989	719	622	567	608	656	642	731	697	639	645	684	630
1990	620	591	574	542	534	545	542	528	496	465	493	464
1991	401	482	507	508	517	516	511	526	487	524	575	558
1992	676	639	554	546	554	596	627	636	650	621	614	650
1993	596	604	602	701	626	653	655	645	726	704	769	812
1994	619	686	747	692	691	621	628	656	677	715	646	629
1995	626	559	616	621	674	725	765	701	678	696	664	709
1996	714	769	721	736	746	721	770	826	770	720	771	805
1997	830	801	831	744	760	793	805	815	840	800	864	793
1998	872	866	836	866	887	923	876	846	864	893	995	949
1999	875	848	863	918	888	923	900	893	826	872	863	873
2000	873	856	900	841	857	793	887	848	912	933	880	983
2001	936	963	939	909	885	882	880	866	853	871	924	979
2002	880	948	923	936	978	957	956	1,014	1,044	1,006	1,024	1,048
2003	999	936	999	1,012	1,078	1,193	1,168	1,206	1,131	1,144	1,093	1,129
2004	1,165	1,159	1,276	1,186	1,241	1,180	1,088	1,175	1,214	1,305	1,179	1,242
2005	1,203	1,319	1,328	1,260	1,286	1,274	1,389	1,255	1,244	1,336	1,214	1,239
2006	1,174	1,061	1,116	1,123	1,086	1,074	965	1,035	1,016	941	1,003	998
2007	891	828	833	887	842	793	778	699	686	727	641	619
2008	627	593	535	536	504	487	477	435	433	393	389	377
2009	336	372	339	337	376	393	411	418	386	396	375	352
2010	345	336	381	422	280	305	283	282	317	291	287	326
2011	308	273	301	312	308	304	297	292	306	314	327	339
2012	339	366	352	358	369	361	374	373	NA	NA	NA	NA

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