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Last Revised:
December 23, 2015

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.

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Source: New Home Sales (Definitions)
Annual Rate for New Single-family Houses Sold: United States — Seasonally Adjusted All Houses [Thousands of Units]
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Business & Industry | sssd.econ.data@census.gov |  Last Revised: March 26, 2014