June sales were also down, by 11.5 percent year over year. Those sales were estimated at 459,000.

On an unadjusted basis there were 38,000 new homes sold in June, down from 42,000 in May and 43,000 a year earlier. Unadjusted May sales were originally estimated at 49,000 units.

There were an estimated 197,000 homes for sale at the end of June, a 5.8 month supply at the current rate of absorption. One year earlier there was an estimated 4.2 month supply. Homes that sold in June were on the market an estimated 3.4 months, unchanged from May but substantially below the 4.2 months required for marketing a year earlier.

The median price of a new home sold in June was $273,500 compared to $259,800 in June 2013. The average price was $331,400 compared to $306,100 in the earlier period.

Sales in every region were lower than in May; 20.0 percent in the Northeast, 8.2 percent in the Midwest, 9.5 percent and 1.9 percent in the South and West respectively. The Midwest had the only year-over-year increase, up 19.6 percent from the previous June. Sales in the Northeast declined 27.3 percent and were down 17.4 percent in the south and 9.4 percent in the West.

SOURCE: www.mortgagenewsdaily.com