In September, new home sales stand at 467K (annualized). This is actually a 0.2% rise after significant downwards revisions. The revisions are more significant than the actual result in this case, as expectations stood on around 470K.
US dollar weakness is extended after the publication. EUR/USD is on high ground at 1.2680, GBP/USD edging towards 1.61, USD/JPY slips towards 107.80, USD/CAD touches 1.12 and AUD/USD challenges resistance at 0.8820.
More data: homes for sales hit 207K, the highest since 2010. This good news does not help the greenback. The average selling price of new homes fell to 259,000 dollars, the lowest in over year. And this may certainly counter the previous figure.
Sales of new homes were expected to slide below 500K in September. Initially, August saw a leap to 504K, but this was now revised sharply to 466K.
