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43. New Home Sales Beat Expectations And Climb 1.5%

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 10:13 AM

Apr 2013

http://www.businessinsider.com/march-new-home-sales-2013-4

The March reading of new home sales is out.
The headline number climbed 1.5% to an annualized rated of 417k.
Economists were looking for a 1.2% increase to a level of 416k.
The discrepancy in the numbers comes from the fact that last month's 4.6% drop was down to a 7.6% drop.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/march-new-home-sales-2013-4#ixzz2RIOzcbtU

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