The numbers: Sales of newly built homes occurred at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 842,000 in December, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. That was 1.6% above the downwardly-revised pace of 829,000 in November. Analysts polled by MarketWatch had projected new-home sales to occur at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 875,000. Compared to …
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