(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Milano, 19 mar - Sales of new US homes in April fell 17.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 587,000 from December's rate of 712,000, the US Commerce Department said.

Expectations were for sales of 722,000 units.

On the year, new home sales were down 26.9%.

The median sales price of new houses sold in January was 400,500 dollars. The average sales price was 499,500 dollars.

The seasonally-adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of January was 476,000. This represents a supply of.

9.7 months at the current sales rate.

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