New home sales edged higher in April, after recording their largest month-on-month slump in over six years during March. The latest rise was in line with recent improvements in mortgage applications, but given virus-related restrictions, it was still well above market expectations. Despite this, we expect new home sales will not recover their pre-virus levels by the end of 2020.
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