Economic Update

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Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Federal Reserve (FRED/ALFRED), Energy Information Administration, Census Bureau, and the University of Michigan. Proprietary series (ADP, University of Michigan, National Association of Realtors) are shown as headline figures only.

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New home median price

Median price of new homes sold. Builders cut prices or offer incentives like mortgage-rate buydowns when sales slow, so this can drop below existing-home prices.

$393,700

Aug 2026

+0.4%vs Jul−5.8%vs a year agoNo new data since last update

Source: U.S. Census Bureau via FRED