New Residential Sales · New single-family houses sold, seasonally adjusted annual rate
How many new houses are sold in each part of the United States?
The month ended : of the 5 lines, the change over a year was largest for Northeast, up 10.3%, and smallest for West, down 17.4%.
New single-family houses sold, by region, regions, each month
- Northeast3218 to 60
- Midwest8946 to 122
- South413297 to 597
- West142105 to 293
Each row is one line of the page over the last ten years, one month to a point, on a scale of its own, with its newest value and its range printed beside it and a dashed line at zero. A gap is a month with no value. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
Observed .
Right now
Over a year to September 2026, of the 5 lines on this page the change was largest for Northeast, up 10.3%, and smallest for West, down 17.4%.
Of these lines, 1 rose, 4 fell and 0 did not change over the year (ours, from the published values).
By lineOver a year, ours
New single-family houses sold, by region, change over a year, by line
- United States
- Regions
Each bar is the change in one line over a year, the largest first, with its rank at the left and its newest value under the figure. A line with its own page links it from its name. A change below zero runs to the left of the zero line. The colour says which section of the page a line is in.
Observed .
New single-family houses sold, by region, change over a year in each month
| Line | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | +3.2 | +13.2 | +3.0 | −13.4 | −1.7 | +0.5 | −8.6 | +2.3 | +2.3 | −0.2 | −2.6 | −5.3 |
| Northeast | +7.9 | +111.5 | +84.4 | +11.5 | −36.7 | +16.0 | −6.5 | 0.0 | +28.0 | +63.6 | −13.8 | +10.3 |
| Midwest | +14.7 | −2.3 | +35.9 | +17.2 | +22.4 | +27.3 | −21.4 | +3.7 | −1.2 | −39.1 | +20.0 | −8.2 |
| South | +11.0 | +7.0 | −7.0 | −15.0 | −2.8 | +0.5 | −11.8 | +5.4 | +3.6 | +3.7 | +1.4 | −0.7 |
| West | −23.8 | +24.4 | −2.4 | −24.4 | −2.8 | −13.2 | +7.2 | −6.4 | −4.3 | +3.0 | −23.5 | −17.4 |
Each chip is one month's change from the same month a year earlier. The mark in its middle is zero: a fill to the right of it is a rise and a fill to the left a fall. A longer, brighter fill is a larger change, in five steps up to 35.9 and over. Every chip prints its figure and sign.
Observed .
Understanding new home sales by region
Where it stands today
The largest change over a year was Northeast, up 10.3%, in September 2026.
What do the lines of this page measure?
This page shows the Census Bureau's estimate of new single-family houses sold in the United States and in its census regions: the Northeast, the Midwest, the South and the West. It is a seasonally adjusted annual rate.
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What 500metrics adds: the change over a year of every line, ranked across the page; the last ten years of every line as rows of small charts; and a table of the change over a year in each of the last twelve months. Lines with a link have a page of their own with the history since the series begins.
The numbers behind the chart
What is the latest value of each line?5 lines, in the sections of the page
| Line | Section | Month | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | United States | 676 thousand | −5.3% | 3 | |
| Northeast | Regions | 32 thousand | +10.3% | 1 | |
| Midwest | Regions | 89 thousand | −8.2% | 4 | |
| South | Regions | 413 thousand | −0.7% | 2 | |
| West | Regions | 142 thousand | −17.4% | 5 |
The table scrolls sideways; the first column stays in place.
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.
Observed . Checked .
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 each part of the United States?", https://500metrics.com/new-home-sales-by-region.
Can the data be downloaded?new-home-sales-by-region.csv
Download the last ten years of every line as CSV: 605 rows, to , 20,897 bytes.
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