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May new home sales dip 0.6 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government says new U.S. home sales fell slightly last month, in another sign that the housing market's recovery is likely to be gradual and prolonged.
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The Commerce Department said Wednesday that sales dropped 0.6 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 342,000, from a downwardly revised April rate of 344,000. Sales were down nearly 33 percent from May last year.
May's results missed the economists' expectations of a 360,000 sales pace, according to Thomson Reuters.
The median sales price of $221,600, was down 3.4 percent from a year earlier but still up 4.2 percent from April.
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