Sales of new single-family homes in the US rose 7.4% month-over-month to 682,000 in March 2026, exceeding expectations of 650,000 and up from 635,000 in February. Gains were led by the South (+11.1% to 441,000) and the Northeast (+80.0% to 27,000), offsetting declines in the West (-3.5% to 138,000) and Midwest (-5.0% to 76,000). Housing supply stood at 481,000 units, representing 8.5 months at the current sales pace, while the median new home price fell 6.2% year-over-year to $387,400. source: U.S. Census Bureau

New Home Sales in the United States increased to 682 Thousand units in March from 635 Thousand units in February of 2026. New Home Sales in the United States averaged 656.32 Thousand units from 1963 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 1389.00 Thousand units in July of 2005 and a record low of 270.00 Thousand units in February of 2011. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States New Home Sales - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States New Home Sales - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2026.

New Home Sales in the United States increased to 682 Thousand units in March from 635 Thousand units in February of 2026. New Home Sales in the United States is expected to be 650.00 Thousand units by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States New Home Sales is projected to trend around 680.00 Thousand units in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-05-05 02:00 PM
New Home Sales
Feb 0.635M 0.583M 0.61M
2026-05-05 02:00 PM
New Home Sales
Mar 0.682M 0.635M 0.65M 0.64M
2026-05-28 02:00 PM
New Home Sales
Apr 0.682M


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
15-Year Mortgage Rate 5.72 5.64 percent May 2026
Average House Prices 503100.00 521000.00 USD Mar 2026
Building Permits 1363.00 1538.00 Thousand Mar 2026
Building Permits MoM -11.40 11.00 percent Mar 2026
Construction Spending MoM 0.60 -0.20 percent Mar 2026
Home Ownership Rate 65.30 65.70 percent Mar 2026
Housing Starts 1502.00 1356.00 Thousand units Mar 2026
Housing Starts MoM 10.80 -3.00 percent Mar 2026
Housing Starts Multi Family 446.00 407.00 Thousand units Mar 2026
Housing Starts Single Family 1032.00 941.00 Thousand units Mar 2026
MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate 6.45 6.37 percent May 2026
New Home Sales 682.00 635.00 Thousand units Mar 2026
New Home Sales MoM 7.40 8.90 percent Mar 2026


United States New Home Sales
A sale of the new house occurs with the signing of a sales contract or the acceptance of a deposit. The house can be in any stage of construction: not yet started, under construction, or already completed. New home sales account for about 10 percent of the US housing market. New single-family home sales are extremely volatile month-to-month and preliminary figures are subject to large revisions because they are mostly drawn from building permits data.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
682.00 635.00 1389.00 270.00 1963 - 2026 Thousand units Monthly
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US New Home Sales Jump 7.4% in March
Sales of new single-family homes in the US rose 7.4% month-over-month to 682,000 in March 2026, exceeding expectations of 650,000 and up from 635,000 in February. Gains were led by the South (+11.1% to 441,000) and the Northeast (+80.0% to 27,000), offsetting declines in the West (-3.5% to 138,000) and Midwest (-5.0% to 76,000). Housing supply stood at 481,000 units, representing 8.5 months at the current sales pace, while the median new home price fell 6.2% year-over-year to $387,400.
2026-05-05
US New Home Sales Hold Near 4-Year High
Sales of new single-family homes in the United States fell by 1.7% from the near-four-year high in the previous month to an annualized rate of 745,000 units in December of 2025, firmly above market expectations of 730,000, to mark the second-highest level in the period. Sales were sharply higher in the Midwest (31.7% to 108,000) and the West (9% to 170,000), which were offset by a plunge in the Northeast (-37.3% to 37,000) and the South (-6.7% to 430,000). Despite the slight decrease, housing inventory fell by 2.7% from the previous month to 472,000, equivalent to 7.6 months of supply at the latest sales period.
2026-02-20
US New Home Sales Hold Near 2-Year High
Sales of new single-family homes in the United States inched lower by 0.1% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 737,000 units in October of 2025, ahead of expectations of 715,000 and loosely holding the 3.8% increase from September, which lifted sales to their highest level in over two years. Sales fell in the West (-36.3% to 109,000), the Northeast (-14.3% to 24,000), and the Midwest (-9% to 91,000), offsetting the sharp increase in the South (16.9% to 513,000). The number of houses for sale was estimated at 488,000, ahead of comparable levels from the previous year, to represent the supply of 7.9 months at the latest sales rate. Meanwhile, the median sales price for new homes was $392,300, an increase of 8% from the previous year.
2026-01-13