New home sales fall to lowest level in nine months amid housing affordability crisis

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New home sales fell in June as the housing market suffered from higher mortgage rates.

New home sales fell 0.6% from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 617,000, according to a Wednesday report from the Census Bureau. The number of new home sales is 7.4% lower than it was in June of last year.

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