Notes from Charlotte County, Florida

WASHINGTON (AP) – Oct. 27, 2010 – Sales of new U.S. homes improved last month after the worst summer in nearly five decades, but not enough to lift the struggling economy.

The Commerce Department says new home sales in September grew 6.6 percent from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual sales pace of 307,000. The increase follows a stretch where three of the past four months were the slowest on records dating back to 1963.

High unemployment, tight credit and uncertainty about home prices have kept people from buying homes. Government tax credits propelled the market earlier in the year, but those expired in April.

The median sales price was $223,800. That was up 3.3 percent from a year earlier.
AP Logo Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press, Alan Zibel, AP real estate writer.
Posted by Mike Federau on October 27th, 2010 5:12 PMPost a Comment (0)

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