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Is U.S. Housing Bubble About To Burst?
2005-12-23 13:00:17 (240 weeks ago)
Posted By: Intellpuke
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Americans bought far fewer new homes than expected in November and the number of unsold homes that builders are carrying jumped to a record high, government figures released today showed, further evidence that the sizzling housing market has officially cooled off.


The Commerce Department reported today that 1.245 million new single-family homes were sold in November at an annual rate, a precipitous drop of 11.3 percent from October's all-time high and the biggest monthly drop in almost 12 years.


Wall Street analysts had been expecting a drop of about 8 percent.


"Housing has peaked," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at the online economic consulting firm Economy.com. "And all indications are that sales will weaken further in the months ahead."

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