US new-home sales drop 2.4 percent in July to annual rate of 412,000 By Washington Examiner August 25, 2014 2:01 pm FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Add Washington Examiner on Google FacebookTwitterEmailPrint WASHINGTON (AP) — US new-home sales drop 2.4 percent in July to annual rate of 412,000. Related Content News Violence breaks out at Berkeley TPUSA event as protesters mock Charlie Kirk’s murder News Portland school district implemented ‘security’ protocol to prepare for ICE raid that was never planned Supreme Court Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn sex abuse verdict in E. Jean Carroll case White House Trump says Republicans ‘broke’ Schumer on deal to end shutdown Senate Senate passes bill to end government shutdown, heads to House for final passage