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Here Comes New Homes Sales...

Sep 25, 2013, 19:08 IST

REUTERS/Mike BlakeNew home sales for August are out at 10 a.m. ET.

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Economists polled by Bloomberg are looking for new home sales to rise 6.6% month-over-month to an annualized rate of 420,000.

This compares with a surprise 13.4% fall to an annualized rate of 314,000 in July. There was also a huge downward revision to June's number.

New home sales have been impacted by a surge in mortgage rates, with the 30-year rate up 4.5%, according to the Freddie Mac's September 19 primary mortgage market survey.

We've also seen homebuilder confidence stall in September at 58 and housing starts missed expectations.

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Some have noted tha last month's disappointing new homes sales report is one of the reasons that the Fed delayed tapering its $85 billion monthly asset purchase program.

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