May 26 (UPI) -- Sales for new single-family homes rose 0.6 percent in April buoyed by a nearly 9 percent increase in the Northeast, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday.
The report said April new home sales rose at a seasonally adjusted rate of 623,000, a mark slightly above the 619,000 revised numbers in March. Compared with April 2019, new home sales are down 6.2 percent.