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June new home sales came in at a seasonally-adjusted annualized rate of 592K, up from May's rate of 572K, and the fastest pace since February 2008.
- Expectations had been for 560K.
- The median price of $306.7K was up 6% Y/Y, and inventory fell to 4.9 months at the current sales pace.
- New home sales in Q2 were up 10% from Q1.
- The ITB popped higher on the news, but has retreated a bit since, now up 0.2% on the session. XHB +0.4%
- Toll Brothers (TOL +0.2%), Hovnanian (HOV +0.8%), Lennar (LEN -0.7%), KB Home (KBH +0.1%), PulteGroup (PHM +0.1%)