Illustrative photography · UnsplashNew single-family home sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 676,000 in September 2026, according to the Census Bureau and HUD. The estimate of homes available for sale was 476,000, equivalent to 8.4 months of supply at that sales pace.
The median price of new homes sold was $400,400. That figure describes the midpoint of sales in this survey; it is not a valuation of a particular home or a measure of every U.S. housing market.
The practical takeaway: read price alongside supply and sales activity. A national inventory figure can help frame the conversation, but a local decision needs comparable sales and competing listings in the same area.
These are preliminary survey estimates. Reported month-to-month sales and price changes were not statistically significant. Annualized sales are a pace, not the number of homes sold during one month. Data period: September 2026; source release: October 27, 2026.
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