Source: U.S. Census Bureau  

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development  

Release: New Residential Sales  

Units:  Months' Supply, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

The months' supply is the ratio of new houses for sale to new houses sold. This statistic provides an indication of the size of the new for-sale inventory in relation to the number of new houses currently being sold. The months' supply indicates how long the current new for-sale inventory would last given the current sales rate if no additional new houses were built.