U.S. new-home gross sales decreased 8.6% to an annual fee of 763,000 in March, the federal government stated Tuesday. That determine represents the amount of properties that may be offered over a yearlong time period if the identical variety of properties had been purchased every month primarily based on the speed of gross sales in March. In comparison with a 12 months in the past, gross sales had been down 12.6%. Economists polled by MarketWatch anticipated new-home gross sales in March to drop to an annual fee of 770,000.
