New single-family home sales rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 569,000 in April, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The April level was 11.4% below the revised March rate of 642,000 but 0.5% above the April 2016 level.
Sales fell in each region, 7.5% in the Northeast, 26.3% in the West, 13.1% in the Midwest and 4.0% in the South.
The median price of a new home was $309,200, down 3.0% from March. The average price was $368,300.
At the end of April there was an estimated supply of 5.7 months at the current sales rate, up from 4.9 months in March.
Read the Census/HUD release.