<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="inline-player" style="color: rgb(66, 72, 88); font-family: 'Gotham Narrow SSm 4r', Arial; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><div class="group" itemprop="articleBody" style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(66, 72, 88); font-family: 'Gotham Narrow SSm 4r', Arial; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="user-select: text; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;" class="">Newly built homes are more expensive than they've ever been before. They are also more expensive when compared to similar existing homes than they've ever been before. And that is why sales are suffering, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/23/new-home-sales-hit-571000-units-in-july-vs-estimate-of-610000.html" style="color: rgb(32, 119, 182); text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-family: 'Gotham Narrow SSm 5r';" class="">dropping an unexpected 9.4 percent in July compared to June</a>, according to the U.S. Census.</p><p style="user-select: text; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;" class="">They are simply out of reach for too many potential buyers.</p><p style="user-select: text; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;" class="">You don't have to do a lot of math to see it. The median sale price of a newly built home in July jumped more than 6 percent compared to July 2016, to $313,700. </p><p style="user-select: text; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;" class="">That marks the highest July price ever. </p><p style="user-select: text; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;" class="">Last December, the median price hit the highest of any month on record.</p></div></div><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/23/heres-why-new-home-sales-tanked.html" class="">https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/23/heres-why-new-home-sales-tanked.html</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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