US new home sales came in at a 676,000 annual rate in September, above forecasts but down 0.6% from August
The Census Bureau reported September new single-family home sales at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 676,000, above the 651,000 economists expected but 0.6% below August's revised 680,000 pace and 5.3% below a year earlier. The median price was $400,400, down 3.9% year over year, while the average price fell 6.7% to $472,800. Supply stood at 8.4 months at the current sales pace.
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Divergence score
2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
2 camps
2 bias groups
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The spectrum · how 2 outlets placed this story
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Breitbart
Reuters
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International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Breitbart
New Home Sales Top Forecasts as Builders Cut Prices
beat-the-forecast, builder-discount angle · positive
Reuters
US new home sales fall in September; median house price drops from year ago
decline-led, conflict-driven demand drag · negative
First to report
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- Breitbart+6.8 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
One outlet leads with sales topping forecasts and builders cutting prices; the other leads with sales falling and blames higher mortgage rates because of the Middle East conflict.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 2 outlets
“US new home sales fall in September; median house price drops from year ago”
“New Home Sales Top Forecasts as Builders Cut Prices”
6 tracked claims across 2 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
Higher mortgage rates tied to the Middle East conflict depressed demand
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