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Housing

Jan 1, 2008

November New-Home Sales Drop 9%

“We believe today's highly elevated inventory levels will cause further significant pressure on pricing, and drive large impairment charges over the next few quarters, pushing the emergence of a trough further out.”

The Commerce Department reported this morning that sales of new single-family houses in November fell 9.0% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 647,000, its lowest rate in 12 years, according to estimates ... via Tools of the Trade

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