Following major disappointment in exiting-home-sales, May New Home Sales exploded higher, up 6.7% MoM (smashing expectations of 0.8% gain) helped by a major downward revision to April.
New home sales were flat or negative in 3 of 4 regions: Northeast: -10%, Midwest: 0%, West: -8.7%, but South soared from 347K to 409K annualized, a 17.9% surge, resulting in the 6.7% MoM increase
Perhaps the rebound in home sales was driven by the plunge in prices?
Median new home sale price dropped to $313k (from Dec highs at $343k) to the lowest since April 2017…
US Homebuilder stocks however, continue to track the macro trend weaker in US housing data…
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