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Sales of new American homes plunged in February to the fewest on records dating back nearly half a century, a dismal sign for an already-weak housing market.
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# V8 l" ~7 C1 m7 c( A+ RThe Commerce Department said Wednesday new home sales fell 16.9 per cent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 250,000 homes. It's the third straight monthly decline and far below the 700,000-a-year pace that economists view as healthy.6 ~* q0 d$ X3 [/ r8 e- U- h4 v
+ Z+ [2 Z$ _) O- V1 w8 n1 J' y3 `The median price of a new home dropped nearly 14 per cent to $202,100, the lowest since December 2003. New home prices are now 30 percent higher than of those being resold., c- W/ V: H/ [) o# k- i/ i6 i4 Y
' l2 ?) L$ T' ^Builders have struggled to compete with a wave of foreclosures that has lowered the price of previously occupied homes. High unemployment, tight credit and uncertainty over prices have also kept many potential buyers from making purchases. |
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