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New home sales reported as cash purchases in United States

New home sales reported as cash purchases in the United States was 6,000 in Q2 2026, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 50% from Q2 2025.

Q2 2026, count6,000 Provisional
Change on Q2 2025-50%
Series high19,000Q2 1988
Series low4,000Q4 2008

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New home sales reported as cash purchases in United States, Q1 1988 to Q2 2026

05,00010K15K20K1988-Q11993-Q31999-Q12004-Q32010-Q12015-Q32021-Q12026-Q21988-Q1: 12,000 count1988-Q2: 19,000 count1988-Q3: 16,000 count1988-Q4: 15,000 count1989-Q1: 13,000 count1989-Q2: 16,000 count1989-Q3: 16,000 count1989-Q4: 13,000 count1990-Q1: 13,000 count1990-Q2: 13,000 count1990-Q3: 13,000 count1990-Q4: 11,000 count1991-Q1: 10,000 count1991-Q2: 13,000 count1991-Q3: 13,000 count1991-Q4: 7,000 count1992-Q1: 9,000 count1992-Q2: 13,000 count1992-Q3: 11,000 count1992-Q4: 8,000 count1993-Q1: 8,000 count1993-Q2: 10,000 count1993-Q3: 9,000 count1993-Q4: 9,000 count1994-Q1: 8,000 count1994-Q2: 12,000 count1994-Q3: 10,000 count1994-Q4: 10,000 count1995-Q1: 9,000 count1995-Q2: 11,000 count1995-Q3: 11,000 count1995-Q4: 9,000 count1996-Q1: 8,000 count1996-Q2: 10,000 count1996-Q3: 10,000 count1996-Q4: 9,000 count1997-Q1: 11,000 count1997-Q2: 12,000 count1997-Q3: 11,000 count1997-Q4: 10,000 count1998-Q1: 10,000 count1998-Q2: 13,000 count1998-Q3: 12,000 count1998-Q4: 10,000 count1999-Q1: 10,000 count1999-Q2: 12,000 count1999-Q3: 10,000 count1999-Q4: 8,000 count2000-Q1: 11,000 count2000-Q2: 9,000 count2000-Q3: 12,000 count2000-Q4: 7,000 count2001-Q1: 10,000 count2001-Q2: 9,000 count2001-Q3: 11,000 count2001-Q4: 8,000 count2002-Q1: 11,000 count2002-Q2: 12,000 count2002-Q3: 9,000 count2002-Q4: 9,000 count2003-Q1: 8,000 count2003-Q2: 9,000 count2003-Q3: 11,000 count2003-Q4: 10,000 count2004-Q1: 11,000 count2004-Q2: 12,000 count2004-Q3: 13,000 count2004-Q4: 10,000 count2005-Q1: 12,000 count2005-Q2: 12,000 count2005-Q3: 16,000 count2005-Q4: 13,000 count2006-Q1: 9,000 count2006-Q2: 11,000 count2006-Q3: 10,000 count2006-Q4: 7,000 count2007-Q1: 8,000 count2007-Q2: 8,000 count2007-Q3: 8,000 count2007-Q4: 5,000 count2008-Q1: 6,000 count2008-Q2: 7,000 count2008-Q3: 5,000 count2008-Q4: 4,000 count2009-Q1: 4,000 count2009-Q2: 4,000 count2009-Q3: 4,000 count2009-Q4: 5,000 count2010-Q1: 5,000 count2010-Q2: 4,000 count2010-Q3: 5,000 count2010-Q4: 4,000 count2011-Q1: 5,000 count2011-Q2: 5,000 count2011-Q3: 6,000 count2011-Q4: 4,000 count2012-Q1: 5,000 count2012-Q2: 7,000 count2012-Q3: 6,000 count2012-Q4: 6,000 count2013-Q1: 7,000 count2013-Q2: 10,000 count2013-Q3: 7,000 count2013-Q4: 7,000 count2014-Q1: 8,000 count2014-Q2: 10,000 count2014-Q3: 8,000 count2014-Q4: 10,000 count2015-Q1: 7,000 count2015-Q2: 8,000 count2015-Q3: 7,000 count2015-Q4: 6,000 count2016-Q1: 7,000 count2016-Q2: 8,000 count2016-Q3: 7,000 count2016-Q4: 7,000 count2017-Q1: 7,000 count2017-Q2: 11,000 count2017-Q3: 7,000 count2017-Q4: 10,000 count2018-Q1: 9,000 count2018-Q2: 13,000 count2018-Q3: 10,000 count2018-Q4: 7,000 count2019-Q1: 9,000 count2019-Q2: 11,000 count2019-Q3: 12,000 count2019-Q4: 8,000 count2020-Q1: 8,000 count2020-Q2: 8,000 count2020-Q3: 10,000 count2020-Q4: 10,000 count2021-Q1: 10,000 count2021-Q2: 13,000 count2021-Q3: 12,000 count2021-Q4: 11,000 count2022-Q1: 18,000 count2022-Q2: 15,000 count2022-Q3: 13,000 count2022-Q4: 14,000 count2023-Q1: 14,000 count2023-Q2: 13,000 count2023-Q3: 17,000 count2023-Q4: 13,000 count2024-Q1: 13,000 count2024-Q2: 14,000 count2024-Q3: 14,000 count2024-Q4: 8,000 count2025-Q1: 10,000 count2025-Q2: 12,000 count2025-Q3: 11,000 count2025-Q4: 11,000 count2026-Q1: 10,000 count2026-Q2: 6,000 count05,00010K15K20K1988-Q12001-Q12014-Q12026-Q22026-Q2: 6,000 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, New Residential Sales, quarterly financing: New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-24.
All 154 values
Periodcount
2026-Q26,000 Provisional
2026-Q110,000
2025-Q411,000
2025-Q311,000
2025-Q212,000
2025-Q110,000
2024-Q48,000
2024-Q314,000
2024-Q214,000
2024-Q113,000
2023-Q413,000
2023-Q317,000
2023-Q213,000
2023-Q114,000
2022-Q414,000
2022-Q313,000
2022-Q215,000
2022-Q118,000
2021-Q411,000
2021-Q312,000
2021-Q213,000
2021-Q110,000
2020-Q410,000
2020-Q310,000
2020-Q28,000
2020-Q18,000
2019-Q48,000
2019-Q312,000
2019-Q211,000
2019-Q19,000
2018-Q47,000
2018-Q310,000
2018-Q213,000
2018-Q19,000
2017-Q410,000
2017-Q37,000
2017-Q211,000
2017-Q17,000
2016-Q47,000
2016-Q37,000
2016-Q28,000
2016-Q17,000
2015-Q46,000
2015-Q37,000
2015-Q28,000
2015-Q17,000
2014-Q410,000
2014-Q38,000
2014-Q210,000
2014-Q18,000
2013-Q47,000
2013-Q37,000
2013-Q210,000
2013-Q17,000
2012-Q46,000
2012-Q36,000
2012-Q27,000
2012-Q15,000
2011-Q44,000
2011-Q36,000
2011-Q25,000
2011-Q15,000
2010-Q44,000
2010-Q35,000
2010-Q24,000
2010-Q15,000
2009-Q45,000
2009-Q34,000
2009-Q24,000
2009-Q14,000
2008-Q44,000
2008-Q35,000
2008-Q27,000
2008-Q16,000
2007-Q45,000
2007-Q38,000
2007-Q28,000
2007-Q18,000
2006-Q47,000
2006-Q310,000
2006-Q211,000
2006-Q19,000
2005-Q413,000
2005-Q316,000
2005-Q212,000
2005-Q112,000
2004-Q410,000
2004-Q313,000
2004-Q212,000
2004-Q111,000
2003-Q410,000
2003-Q311,000
2003-Q29,000
2003-Q18,000
2002-Q49,000
2002-Q39,000
2002-Q212,000
2002-Q111,000
2001-Q48,000
2001-Q311,000
2001-Q29,000
2001-Q110,000
2000-Q47,000
2000-Q312,000
2000-Q29,000
2000-Q111,000
1999-Q48,000
1999-Q310,000
1999-Q212,000
1999-Q110,000
1998-Q410,000
1998-Q312,000
1998-Q213,000
1998-Q110,000
1997-Q410,000
1997-Q311,000
1997-Q212,000
1997-Q111,000
1996-Q49,000
1996-Q310,000
1996-Q210,000
1996-Q18,000
1995-Q49,000
1995-Q311,000
1995-Q211,000
1995-Q19,000
1994-Q410,000
1994-Q310,000
1994-Q212,000
1994-Q18,000
1993-Q49,000
1993-Q39,000
1993-Q210,000
1993-Q18,000
1992-Q48,000
1992-Q311,000
1992-Q213,000
1992-Q19,000
1991-Q47,000
1991-Q313,000
1991-Q213,000
1991-Q110,000
1990-Q411,000
1990-Q313,000
1990-Q213,000
1990-Q113,000
1989-Q413,000
1989-Q316,000
1989-Q216,000
1989-Q113,000
1988-Q415,000
1988-Q316,000
1988-Q219,000
1988-Q112,000

Definition

Estimated number of new single-family houses sold in the quarter and classified as cash in the Census financing table. The classification is the type reported at the original sales agreement or deposit.

A sale is counted when a contract is signed or a deposit is accepted, even before construction starts; Census does not wait for closing. Financing is recorded at that first agreement or deposit, and later changes are not reflected. FHA and VA estimates may differ from agency loan totals. Census marks the newest quarterly release as preliminary and revises the prior quarter.

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U.S. Census Bureau. New Residential Sales, quarterly financing: New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States. https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/xls/soldfinc_cust.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). New Residential Sales, quarterly financing: New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States (New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States, 1988-Q1 to 2026-Q2) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/xls/soldfinc_cust.xlsx

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New Residential Sales, quarterly financing: New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States, New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States, 1988-Q1 to 2026-Q2. U.S. Census Bureau, 24 Sept. 2026, https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/xls/soldfinc_cust.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/new-home-sales-cash/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. New Residential Sales, quarterly financing: New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States. New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States, 1988-Q1 to 2026-Q2. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/xls/soldfinc_cust.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/new-home-sales-cash/united-states.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) New Residential Sales, quarterly financing: New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States, New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States, 1988-Q1 to 2026-Q2 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/xls/soldfinc_cust.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/new-home-sales-cash/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{census_new_home_sales_reported_2026,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{New Residential Sales, quarterly financing: New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States: New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States, 1988-Q1 to 2026-Q2}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/xls/soldfinc_cust.xlsx},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/new-home-sales-cash/united-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. New Residential Sales, quarterly financing: New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States. https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/xls/soldfinc\_cust.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the new home sales reported as cash purchases in United States?

New home sales reported as cash purchases in the United States was 6,000 in Q2 2026, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 50% from Q2 2025.

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U.S. Census Bureau. New Residential Sales, quarterly financing: New home sales reported as cash purchases, United States. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest new home sales reported as cash purchases in United States?

19,000 in Q2 1988, the highest value since Q1 1988 in this series.

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