US Census Shows Optimistic Numbers from April

May 26, 2020

The market is stabilizing and companies are releasing the numbers from April 2020. But how has the US market as a whole stood up to the problems that have arisen from the pandemic?

According to the US Census Bureau, new home sales in April were up 0.6% from March, to 623,000 (SAAR). Sales were down 6.2% year-over-year.

Median sales price of new houses sold in April of this year was $309,900, which is down 5.2% from March 2020.

The Census data showed the inventory of new homes for sale in April was only down 1.8% from March and down just 3% year-over-year.

The general outlook is that things are on the up. The market is stabilizing and experts have said that the worst is behind us.

May 26, 2020
Victoria has been writing about property portals and marketplace sites for Online Marketplaces for over 3 years. She is also our resident artist and is responsible for all of the infographic content on the site.

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