A “For Sale” sign is posted in front of a single-family home in Hollywood, Fla., on Oct. 27, 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Sales of newly built homes fell by more than expected in January, hitting their lowest level since 2022, the latest federal government figures suggest.
New single-family home sales came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 587,000 in January, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Thursday. That was down 17.6 percent from the downwardly revised December 2025 reading of 712,000 and 11.3 percent below the level recorded in January 2025.
