US new-home sales unexpectedly slumped in November, led by a sharp drop in the South and suggesting a bumpy road to recovery for the housing market.
Purchases of new single-family homes decreased 12.2% to a 590,000 annual pace last month, a one-year low, government figures showed Friday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 690,000 rate.
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