# New Home Sales

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New home sales is part of GDP growth. In the US it's 3.5%.

Answers the question = "So, how is my most important investment doing?"

SAAR is used instead of actual figures because temporal factors can give a misleading number.

Includes 
- average
- median, and
- range 

of prices.


True in USA -->
**Increase in value in house values aren't captured in CPI calculations, so high inflation doesn't mean your house is going up in value.**