Sales of new single-family houses in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 389,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 5.7% above the revised August rate of 368,000 and is 27.1% above the September 2011 estimate of 306,000.
The median sales price of new houses sold in September was $242,400; the average sales price was $292,400. The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of September was 145,000, which represents a supply of 4.5 months at the current sales rate.