News release: Sales of new single-family houses in July 2011 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 298,000, according to
estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 0.7 percent (±12.9%) below the revised June rate of 300,000, but is 6.8 percent (±13.5%) above the July 2010 estimate of 279,000. The median sales price of new houses sold in July 2011 was $222,000; the average sales price was $272,300. The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of July was 165,000. This represents a supply of 6.6 months at the current sales rate.”
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Daily Archives: August 27, 2011
Divorce Rates Highest in the South, Lowest in the Northeast, Census Bureau Reports
“Men and women in the South had higher rates of divorce in 2009 than in other regions of the country, 10.2 per 1,000 for men and 11.1 per 1,000 for women, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The national divorce rate was 9.2 for men and 9.7 for women. By contrast,… Continue Reading
Major newspapers shift focus from unemployment to the deficit, National Journal analysis shows.
Clifford Marks, National Journal: “Major U.S. newspapers have increasingly shifted their attention away from coverage of unemployment in recent months while greatly intensifying their focus on the deficit, a National Journal analysis shows. The analysis — based on a measure of how often the words “unemployment” and “deficit” appear in major publications — portrays a… Continue Reading
