Following major disappointment in exiting-home-sales, May New Home Sales exploded higher, up 6.7% MoM (smashing expectations of 0.8% gain) helped by a major downward revision to April.
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New home sales were flat or negative in 3 of 4 regions: Northeast: -10%, Midwest: 0%, West: -8.7%, but South soared from 347K to 409K annualized, a 17.9% surge...
That is the biggest MoM spike since Jan 2014...
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Perhaps the rebound in home sales was driven by the plunge in prices?
Median new home sale price dropped to $313k (from Dec highs at $343k) to the lowest since April 2017...
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US Homebuilder stocks, however, continue to track the macro trend weaker in US housing data...
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