Sales of new single-family houses in February 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 539,000, well above expectations ona rate of 466,000. This is 7.8% above the revised January rate of 500,000 and is 24.8% above the February 2014 estimate of 432,000.
The median sales price of new houses sold in February 2015 was $275,500; the average sales price was $341,000. The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of February was 210,000. This represents a supply of 4.7 months at the current sales rate.
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