U.S. new home sales down 33% in May
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- New home sales in the United States plunged 1(投入) 33 percent in April to a seasonally 2 adjusted annual rate of 300,000 units, the Commerce Department（美国商务部） reported Wednesday.
The new home sales, the lowest level on record, was much worse than the 410,000 units that analysts 3 had expected. The sharp decline indicated that buyers left the market as the government's tax credits of up to 8,000 dollars expired（期满） in April.
The median price of a new home, a typical market price where half of new homes are sold for more and half sold for less, fell to 200,900 dollars in May, down 9.6 percent from a year earlier.
On Tuesday, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that existing home sales in the U.S. declined by 2.2 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.66 million units.
The collapse 4 of the housing bubble triggered the global financial crisis that plunged the U.S. economy into recession in December 2007.
Many economists 5 believe the U.S. housing market remains 6 in trouble.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）
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