New single-family home sales ran at an annual pace of 676,000 in September, down 0.6% from August, according to federal estimates released Tuesday.
August’s rate was revised to 680,000. Compared with September 2025, sales were 5.3% lower.
Both comparisons came with wide uncertainty ranges. The monthly change had a margin of plus or minus 13.8 percentage points. For the year-over-year change, it was plus or minus 12.5 points.
At month’s end, builders had an estimated 476,000 new homes available. That was 1% fewer than in August and enough to meet 8.4 months of demand at September’s sales rate.
The median sale price reached $400,400. It rose 3.9% from August but was 3.9% below the figure from a year earlier.
Buyers paid an average of $472,800. The average was nearly unchanged from August, rising 0.4%, and stood 6.7% below September 2025.
The U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development plan to release October’s figures Nov. 25.
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