The post New-Home Sales Rose in December in Defiance of Higher Mortgage Rates appeared first on Real Estate News & Insights | ...

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes increased more than expected in December, further evidence that housing market activity ...

New home sales rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000, good for a 6.7% rise year over year and 3.6% higher than ...

U.S. existing home sales increased to a 10-month high in December, but further gains are likely to be limited by elevated ...

New-home sales in the US rose in December, while median prices at the national level picked up both sequentially and annually, government data showed Monday. Single-family home sales increased 3.6% on ...

Here are the main takeaways from the Commerce Department report released Monday: --Sales of new single-family homes rose to 698,000, 3.6% more than in November. --Sales had been expected to come ...

The rise came despite mortgage rates ... Earlier this month, home builders said cancellations on new homes were increasing because of high mortgage rates. Sales of previously owned homes slipped ...

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast new home sales, which account for about 15% of U.S. home sales, would rise to a rate of 675,000 units. New home sales are counted at the signing of a ...

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast home resales would rise to a rate of ... predicted weak existing home sales in the first half of the year, noting that "new homes are now priced ...