Sunday, December 7, 2008

New Home Sales Nationally Declined in October

While Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valleys showed increase in home sales in October, national data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce show sales of new single-family homes declined 5.3 percent in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 433,000 units.

Regionally, new home sales declined 18 percent in the West and 6 percent in the South in October. Sales in the Northeast increased by 22.6 percent from an unusually low rate the previous month, and sales in the Midwest increased by 6 percent.

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