A few Comments on April New Home Sales

New home sales for April were reported at 569,000 on a seasonally adjusted annual rate basis (SAAR).  This was well below the consensus forecast, however the three previous months combined were revised up significantly. Overall this was a decent report.

Sales were only up 0.5% year-over-year in April.

Earlier: New Home Sales decrease to 569,000 Annual Rate in April.

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This graph shows new home sales for 2016 and 2017 by month (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate).  Sales were up 0.5% year-over-year in April.

For the first four months of 2017, new home sales are up 11.3% compared to the same period in 2016.

This was a strong year-over-year increase through April, however sales were weak in Q1 2016, so this was also an easy comparison.