New Residential Sales (ASOLD, TOTAL) · New single-family houses sold, seasonally adjusted annual rate
How many new houses are sold in the United States?
The annual rate of new single-family house sales was 676 thousand in the month ended , down 5.3% from a year earlier.
New single-family houses sold, seasonally adjusted, each month
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
New single-family houses sold, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)
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Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
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| Measure | Latest | The month before | A year earlier | Five years earlier | Ten years earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | |||||
| New single-family houses sold | 676 thousand | 680 thousand | 714 thousand | 733 thousand | 558 thousand |
| Change over a year | −5.3% | −2.6% | −0.1% | −25.1% | +22.4% |
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Observed .
Right now
The annual rate of new single-family house sales was 676 thousand in September 2026, the lowest since July 2026.
Over a year it is down 5.3% (ours).
ChangeOurs
| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | 680 thousand in | −0.6% |
| Three months | 680 thousand in | −0.6% |
| Twelve months | 714 thousand in | −5.3% |
| Five years | 733 thousand in | −7.8% |
| Ten years | 558 thousand in | +21.1% |
In historyOurs
The annual rate of new single-family house sales of 676 thousand in was higher than in 456 of the 764 other months since , the same in 1 and lower in 307.
Highest since : 1,389 thousand in . Lowest since : 270 thousand in .
AverageOurs
Average since : 656.3 thousand (ours, a plain mean of the 765 months).
ComparedOurs
Over a year the annual rate of new single-family house sales is down 5.3%, which ranks 3 of the 5 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.
The table sets the annual rate of new single-family house sales beside the lines of the new home sales page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.
Understanding the annual rate of new single-family house sales
Where it stands today
The annual rate of new single-family house sales was 676 thousand in September 2026.
What does the annual rate of new single-family house sales measure?
New home sales count the sales of newly built single-family houses in the United States. The Census Bureau estimates them each month from a sample of houses for which a building permit was issued, and publishes the result as a seasonally adjusted annual rate.
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What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, and the highest and lowest value since the series begins.
The numbers behind the chart
What was the annual rate of new single-family house sales in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1963
| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 676 thousand | −5.3% | |
| 680 thousand | −2.6% | |
| 647 thousand | −0.2% | |
| 680 thousand | +2.3% | |
| 636 thousand | +2.3% | |
| 641 thousand | −8.6% | |
| 659 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 630 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 576 thousand | −13.4% | |
| 723 thousand | +3.0% | |
| 757 thousand | +13.2% | |
| 652 thousand | +3.2% | |
| 714 thousand | −0.1% | |
| 698 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 648 thousand | −11.5% | |
| 665 thousand | −2.6% | |
| 622 thousand | −7.2% | |
| 701 thousand | −0.7% | |
| 656 thousand | −3.7% | |
| 641 thousand | −1.8% | |
| 665 thousand | −2.6% | |
| 702 thousand | +10.7% | |
| 669 thousand | +10.2% | |
| 632 thousand | −8.3% |
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| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 715 thousand | +4.8% | |
| 687 thousand | +6.5% | |
| 732 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 683 thousand | −0.6% | |
| 670 thousand | −9.0% | |
| 706 thousand | +7.6% | |
| 681 thousand | +6.6% | |
| 653 thousand | +3.2% | |
| 683 thousand | +4.6% | |
| 634 thousand | +3.1% | |
| 607 thousand | +2.5% | |
| 689 thousand | +17.6% | |
| 682 thousand | +23.6% | |
| 645 thousand | +1.7% | |
| 727 thousand | +35.9% | |
| 687 thousand | +21.8% | |
| 736 thousand | +15.2% | |
| 656 thousand | +7.2% | |
| 639 thousand | −10.0% | |
| 633 thousand | −19.3% | |
| 653 thousand | −19.3% | |
| 615 thousand | −24.6% | |
| 592 thousand | −24.3% | |
| 586 thousand | −14.9% | |
| 552 thousand | −24.7% | |
| 634 thousand | −7.8% | |
| 535 thousand | −28.2% | |
| 564 thousand | −21.0% | |
| 639 thousand | −10.9% | |
| 612 thousand | −25.1% | |
| 710 thousand | −16.7% | |
| 784 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 809 thousand | −10.0% | |
| 816 thousand | −6.6% | |
| 782 thousand | −10.8% | |
| 689 thousand | −33.2% | |
| 733 thousand | −25.1% | |
| 688 thousand | −32.3% | |
| 745 thousand | −24.1% | |
| 714 thousand | −20.8% | |
| 717 thousand | +1.4% | |
| 817 thousand | +41.8% | |
| 852 thousand | +36.1% | |
| 772 thousand | +9.2% | |
| 899 thousand | +30.5% | |
| 874 thousand | +24.9% | |
| 877 thousand | +23.0% | |
| 1,031 thousand | +42.8% | |
| 979 thousand | +37.5% | |
| 1,016 thousand | +42.7% | |
| 981 thousand | +51.4% | |
| 901 thousand | +23.6% | |
| 707 thousand | +14.4% | |
| 576 thousand | −17.9% | |
| 626 thousand | −12.8% | |
| 707 thousand | +9.1% | |
| 689 thousand | +15.8% | |
| 700 thousand | +28.2% | |
| 713 thousand | +14.1% | |
| 722 thousand | +30.3% | |
| 712 thousand | +19.7% | |
| 712 thousand | +20.1% | |
| 648 thousand | +3.2% | |
| 729 thousand | +14.6% | |
| 618 thousand | −6.6% | |
| 702 thousand | +9.3% | |
| 718 thousand | +5.7% | |
| 648 thousand | +4.9% | |
| 595 thousand | +0.8% | |
| 546 thousand | −13.3% | |
| 625 thousand | −12.1% | |
| 554 thousand | −11.5% | |
| 595 thousand | −6.6% | |
| 593 thousand | +6.7% | |
| 628 thousand | +9.8% | |
| 636 thousand | +2.7% | |
| 662 thousand | +4.3% | |
| 642 thousand | +7.4% | |
| 679 thousand | +7.4% | |
| 618 thousand | +5.3% | |
| 590 thousand | +3.0% | |
| 630 thousand | +12.3% | |
| 711 thousand | +24.5% | |
| 626 thousand | +8.9% | |
| 637 thousand | +14.2% | |
| 556 thousand | −3.3% | |
| 572 thousand | −8.9% | |
| 619 thousand | +11.1% | |
| 635 thousand | +11.2% | |
| 598 thousand | +3.8% | |
| 632 thousand | +18.8% | |
| 587 thousand | +13.5% | |
| 573 thousand | +13.5% | |
| 561 thousand | +2.7% | |
| 571 thousand | +13.3% | |
| 575 thousand | +19.3% |
How does it compare with the lines of the new home sales page?Ranked by the change over a year
| Series | Month | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast | 32 thousand | +10.3% | 1 | |
| South | 413 thousand | −0.7% | 2 | |
| United States (this page) | 676 thousand | −5.3% | 3 | |
| Midwest | 89 thousand | −8.2% | 4 | |
| West | 142 thousand | −17.4% | 5 |
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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
What this number cannot tell you
- The values come from the Census Bureau's Survey of Construction, a sample of new houses, so each carries sampling error, which can be large for a month and for a region; the Census Bureau publishes its size. It revises earlier months in later releases, and by a large amount at times.
- A sale is counted when a contract is signed or a deposit is accepted, not when the buyer moves in. The figures are for new single-family houses and leave out resales.
- The values are annual rates: the number of houses that would be sold in a year at the pace of the month, after the Census Bureau's seasonal adjustment.
- The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values the Census Bureau publishes; a change is in percent.
- This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
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How to cite this
U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Indicators. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau., New single-family houses sold, seasonally adjusted annual rate, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How many new houses are sold in the United States?", https://500metrics.com/new-home-sales.
Can the data be downloaded?new-home-sales.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 765 rows, to , 13,050 bytes.
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Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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