The Sales of new one-family houses in the U.S. rose by 0.3 percent in April compared with the month before, to an adjusted annual rate of 352,000 units, shows statistics from the Department of Commerce.

Analysts had expected an annual rate of 360,000 units in April, which would mean an increase of 1.1 percent compared with March month provisional figure. March figure was revised to an annual rate 351,000 units (356,000).

The availability of new home for sales fell to 297,000 in April compared with the revised 310,000 the previous month (311,000). “House layer” is enough to cover sales in the 10.1 months, compared with the revised 10.6 months the previous month (10.7).

The house prices in 20 metropolitan areas around the United States fell 18.7 percent in March compared to the same month in 2008, according to S & P / Case Schiller index. Compared with February, prices fell by 2.2 percent in March.

The largest price falls in March 2009, compared with March 2008, reported with Phoenix -36.0 percent, Las Vegas, -31.2 percent and San Francisco, -30.1 percent.

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Lowest price falls reported from Denver, -5.5 percent, Dallas, Boston and -5.6 percent, -8.0 percent.

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In New York fell the prices with 11.8 percent in March, compared to the same month in 2008. In Los Angeles fell the prices with 22.3 percent and in Chicago was the price drop of 18.6 percent.

S & P / Case Schiller index based on repeat sales and give therefore a more accurate picture of price trends than indicated in the context of sales statistics for existing homes. The limited sample size could lead to the index overstates price increases in prices as compared to the broader measure of progress for the American house prices.

I have reccived the latest figures for sales of New family homes and  Existing homes for U.S. and its little down for March compared with February. But what I have read in News and blogs over the last months April and May, do it look like the market and price is on the way up agian after the drop in March. We have the same prognose in Marbella area, but totally in spain is it done every months.

Sales of new family houses in the U.S. fell by 0.6 percent in March compared with the month before, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 356,000 units, shows statistics from the Department.
Analysts had expected an annual rate of 337,000 units in March, which is unchanged compared with the February preliminary figure.
February figure was revised to an annual rate 358,000 units (337,000).
Median price fell by 12.2 percent in March, compared with a year earlier, to $ 201,400.

The availability of new homes for sale rose to 311,000 in March compared with the revised 328000 previous month (330,000).
Made in relation to the sales pace rose / fell “stock/supply”, and it is enough now to cover sales in the 10.7 months, compared with the revised 11.2 months the previous month 12.2.

Sales of existing homes in the U.S. fell by 3 percent in March compared with the previous month, according to official statistics brokerage. The decline follows a lifting in February of 4.9 percent. Compared with March of last year sales fell by 7.1 percent.

The number of homes sold in March amounted to 4.57 million, which compares with an average forecast of Wall Street of 4.7 million were sold dwellings.
- Down again. It looks as if the housing market has not reached bottom yet and there is no good news for the dollar, said Joseph Trevisani, analyst at FX Solutions,

At the same time the average price fell in March by 7.5 percent after the February increase of 13.7 percent. Compared to March last year, prices of existing homes dropped by 12.1 percent, according to broker statistics, from trade organization National Association of Realtors.