The March New Residential Sales release also contains initial estimates for the month of February. Additional text has been added to highlight the month-to-month change from February to March. The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for March 2026. Sales of new single-family houses in March 2026 were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 682,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 7.4 percent (±15.5 percent)* above ... (full story)