{"id":431082,"date":"2026-05-28T21:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/05\/us-new-home-sales-for-april-0-622-million-versus-0-665-million-estimate\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T21:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:40:10","slug":"us-new-home-sales-for-april-0-622-million-versus-0-665-million-estimate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/05\/us-new-home-sales-for-april-0-622-million-versus-0-665-million-estimate\/","title":{"rendered":"US new home sales for April 0.622 million versus 0.665 million estimate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/us-new-home-sales-for-march-0682m-vs-0650m-estimate-20260505\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow\">Prior month<\/a> 0.682 million revised to 0.663M<\/li>\n<li>New home sales 0.622M vs 0.665M estimate.<\/li>\n<li>New Homes sales down -6.2% vs +3.4% last month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Details for the month:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"761\">\n<li data-section-id=\"e351py\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"62\">April new home sales: 622K annualized vs 663K in March\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1vv3dco\" data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"101\">Month-over-month change: -6.2%\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"3eb1g3\" data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"161\">Year-over-year change: -11.3% vs 701K in April 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Inventories move higher <\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"761\">\n<li data-section-id=\"o1hucf\" data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"215\">Homes for sale inventory: 489K vs 481K prior\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1655ph7\" data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"258\">Inventory change from March: +1.7%\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"6pxbl4\" data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"304\">Inventory change from year ago: -2.2%\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"407he2\" data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"360\">Months\u2019 supply: 9.4 months vs 8.7 months prior\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1uqtd4r\" data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"407\">Months\u2019 supply vs year ago: 8.6 months\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"jbnmup\" data-start=\"408\" data-end=\"470\">Higher supply suggests homes are taking longer to sell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prices move higher<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"761\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1lm2l39\" data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"526\">Median sales price: $422,500 vs $391,100 prior\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"y31tar\" data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"571\">Median price month-over-month: +8.0%\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"907mjf\" data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"614\">Median price year-over-year: +2.2%\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"199teo\" data-start=\"616\" data-end=\"671\">Average sales price: $508,800 vs $505,200 prior\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1jcc5rp\" data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"717\">Average price month-over-month: +0.7%\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"odbklw\" data-start=\"718\" data-end=\"761\">Average price year-over-year: -1.1%\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"1215\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Summary:<br \/>\nThe April new home sales report was weaker overall, with sales falling sharply from both the prior month and a year ago as affordability and mortgage rates continue to weigh on demand. Inventory and months\u2019 supply increased, pointing to a softer housing market and more supply available for buyers. Despite weaker demand, home prices remained r<\/p>\n<p>The data is based on signed contracts.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior month 0.682 million revised to 0.663M New home sales 0.622M vs 0.665M estimate. New Homes sales down -6.2% vs +3.4% last month Details for the month: April new home sales: 622K annualized vs 663K in March Month-over-month change: -6.2% Year-over-year change: -11.3% vs 701K in April 2025 Inventories move higher Homes for sale inventory: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}