After rising for two straight months, US New Home Sales were expected to decline 2.6% MoM in January data released today... and drop they did. New Home Sales puked 10.5% MoM in January (from a hugely upwardly revised December print of +8.1% from +3.6%)...

Source: Bloomberg

That dragged sales down 1.1% YoY...

Source: Bloomberg

Some have argued that winter weather impacted sales... to which we retort - aren't there winter storms every year around this time of year? Maybe the analysts were stuck in rainbows and unicorn land?

The median price of new homes surged to $446k from $415k...

Source: Bloomberg

Finally, some might argue that the recent drop back towards 7.00% in mortgage rates may encourage sales in February...

Source: Bloomberg

...we won't be holding our breath (especially for new homes in DC).