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New Residential Sales, August 2026 Released

Released Thursday, 24 September 2026, 10:00 ET.

Result

The new home sales, seasonally adjusted annual rate (US) in the United States rose to 684,000 in August 2026 from 643,000 in July 2026 (+6.4%), according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Actual, August 2026, count684,000
Previous, July 2026643,000
Change+6.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, New Residential Sales: new privately owned single-family houses sold, United States total, seasonally adjusted annual rate (sold_cust.xlsx). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-24. The figure as Invokely stored it on 2026-10-13.

Recent history

550K600K650K700K750K800K2023-092024-032024-092025-032025-092026-032026-082023-09: 682,000 count2023-10: 689,000 count2023-11: 607,000 count2023-12: 634,000 count2024-01: 683,000 count2024-02: 653,000 count2024-03: 681,000 count2024-04: 706,000 count2024-05: 670,000 count2024-06: 683,000 count2024-07: 732,000 count2024-08: 687,000 count2024-09: 715,000 count2024-10: 632,000 count2024-11: 669,000 count2024-12: 702,000 count2025-01: 665,000 count2025-02: 641,000 count2025-03: 656,000 count2025-04: 701,000 count2025-05: 622,000 count2025-06: 665,000 count2025-07: 648,000 count2025-08: 698,000 count2025-09: 714,000 count2025-10: 652,000 count2025-11: 757,000 count2025-12: 723,000 count2026-01: 576,000 count2026-02: 630,000 count2026-03: 659,000 count2026-04: 641,000 count2026-05: 636,000 count2026-06: 672,000 count2026-07: 643,000 count2026-08: 684,000 count550K600K650K700K750K800K2023-092024-092025-092026-082023-09: 682,000 count2023-10: 689,000 count2023-11: 607,000 count2023-12: 634,000 count2024-01: 683,000 count2024-02: 653,000 count2024-03: 681,000 count2024-04: 706,000 count2024-05: 670,000 count2024-06: 683,000 count2024-07: 732,000 count2024-08: 687,000 count2024-09: 715,000 count2024-10: 632,000 count2024-11: 669,000 count2024-12: 702,000 count2025-01: 665,000 count2025-02: 641,000 count2025-03: 656,000 count2025-04: 701,000 count2025-05: 622,000 count2025-06: 665,000 count2025-07: 648,000 count2025-08: 698,000 count2025-09: 714,000 count2025-10: 652,000 count2025-11: 757,000 count2025-12: 723,000 count2026-01: 576,000 count2026-02: 630,000 count2026-03: 659,000 count2026-04: 641,000 count2026-05: 636,000 count2026-06: 672,000 count2026-07: 643,000 count2026-08: 684,000 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Revisions to earlier periods

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How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. New Residential Sales: new privately owned single-family houses sold, United States total, seasonally adjusted annual rate (sold_cust.xlsx). https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/xls/sold_cust.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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New Residential Sales, Tuesday, 27 October 2026, 10:00 ET