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New home sales rose 8.3 percent in June from May to an annual rate of 497,000, the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Wednesday.
At that pace, sales were the strongest since the 504,000 rate of May 2008.
The housing sector has been one of the economy's brighter spots in recent months as it continues to recover from a bubble that burst in 2007 and 2008. Reuters says that housing is "showing no signs of slowing in the face of higher mortgage rates."
Starting with June 2012, here's a look at sales of new homes — expressed in annual rates. The data for March, April and May 2013 are in yellow because the figures have been revised since earlier reports. The June 2013 figure is a preliminary estimate.