New US Single-Family Home Sales Fall From Prior Month — But Are Up From A Year Ago As Mortgage Rates Decline
New US Single-Family Home Sales Fall From Prior Month — But Are Up From A Year Ago As Mortgage Rates Decline
The latest month-over-month decline was in contrast to a 10.3% jump in single-family home sales from June to July.Sales of single-family homes fell last month from July but rose from a year ago as mortgage rates kept falling.
上個月單戶住宅銷售額與7月份相比下降，但與一年前相比增加，因爲抵押利率持續下降。
New single-family home sales fell 4.7% in August from the prior month to an annualized rate of 716,000, according to estimates released on Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
根據美國人口普查局和住房和城市發展部週三發佈的估計數據，8月份新的單戶住宅銷售額較上月下降了4.7%，年化銷售率爲716,000。
That was up 9.8% from an annualized rate of 652,000 home sales in August 2023.
這相對於2023年8月的年化銷售率652,000，增長了9.8%。
The latest month-over-month decline was in contrast to a 10.3% jump in single-family home sales from June to July.
最新的環比下降形成鮮明對比，與6月至7月單戶住宅銷售額增長了10.3%相反。
Single-family home sales fell the most from July to August in the West, falling 17.8% to an annualized rate of 152,000 in that region.
從7月到8月，西部單戶住宅銷售下降最多，降幅爲17.8%，該地區的年化銷售率爲152,000。
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Sales of all homes, which also included condominiums, townhomes and co-ops, slipped 2.5% from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.86 million in August, according to latest figures from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Year-over-year sales for August declined 4.2% from 4.03 million in August 2023.
所有住宅的銷售額，包括公寓、聯排別墅和合作公寓，在八月份從7月份下降了2.5%，季節調整的年化率爲386萬，根據國家房地產經紀人協會（NAR）最新數據，2023年8月的年度銷售額從403萬下降了4.2%。
"Home sales were disappointing again in August, but the recent development of lower mortgage rates coupled with increasing inventory is a powerful combination that will provide the environment for sales to move higher in future months," NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said.
「房屋銷售在八月份再次令人失望，但最近抵押利率下降並且庫存增加的發展是一種強大的組合，將爲未來幾個月提供銷售增長的環境，」 NAR首席經濟學家勞倫斯·尹說。
"The home-buying process, from the initial search to getting the house keys, typically takes several months."
從最初的搜索到拿到房屋鑰匙，整個購房過程通常需要數月時間。
The interest rate on a 30-year mortgage fell to a two-year low of 6.13%, a week after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points to mark the first Fed rate cut in four years.
30年期按揭利率下降至6.13%，爲兩年來的最低水平，在聯邦儲備委員會減息50個點子一週後達到，這是四年來聯儲首次減息。
Price Action: Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), one of the largest homebuilders with a market cap of $49.5 billion, slipped 1.29% to close Wednesday at $181.86.
股價表現：Lenovo Corporation（紐交所：LEN），作爲市值495億美元的最大房地產開發商之一，週三下跌1.29%，收於181.86美元。
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- Direxion每日房地產開發商和供應商牛3倍股（紐交所：NAIL）下跌4.94%
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