New Home Sales Release Dates 2026 and Market Reaction
The next New Home Sales is scheduled for Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET. On 323 New home sales days since 1999, SPY's move landed in the biggest quarter of all trading days 26.0% of the time, against 25% for any day, within two standard errors (±4.8 points) of chance: by this measure a New home sales day is indistinguishable from a normal session. The median move was 0.51% against 0.55% on all days.
August 2026, released Sep 24, 2026
Upcoming New home sales dates
- Tuesday, October 27, 202610:00 AM ET
- Wednesday, November 25, 202610:00 AM ET
- Wednesday, December 23, 202610:00 AM ET
Schedule: FRED release 97. Release record since 1999.
Does the market move on release day?
On 323 New home sales days since 1999, SPY's move landed in the biggest quarter of all trading days 26.0% of the time, against 25% for any day, within two standard errors (±4.8 points) of chance: by this measure a New home sales day is indistinguishable from a normal session. The median move was 0.51% against 0.55% on all days. SPY closed higher on 56.4% of release days against 53.9% of all days. The 10-year Treasury yield moved a median 3.6 bp either way, against 3.2 bp on all days.
When the headline New Home Sales came in above its prior reading (154 days), release days carried an average SPY return of +0.14%; when it came in below (163 days), an average SPY return of +0.03%.
The top quarter means a close-to-close SPY move of 1.04% or more either way, the 75th percentile of every trading day since 1993. Headline values are today's revised figures, and no consensus forecasts are used, so above and below compare each print with the previous print. This is not a surprise study: markets react to the gap between a release and what was expected.
Recent New home sales releases
| Released | Period | New Home Sales | Prior | SPY | 10-year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | August 2026 | 684K | 643K | −0.07% | +4.8 bp |
| Aug 25, 2026 | July 2026 | 643K | 672K | +0.32% | −6.5 bp |
| Jul 24, 2026 | June 2026 | 672K | 636K | +0.09% | −2.4 bp |
| Jun 24, 2026 | May 2026 | 636K | 641K | −0.05% | −9.1 bp |
| May 28, 2026 | April 2026 | 641K | 659K | +0.55% | −2.6 bp |
| May 5, 2026 | March 2026 | 659K | 630K | +0.80% | −3.0 bp |
| Mar 19, 2026 | January 2026 | 576K | 723K | −0.25% | +2.2 bp |
| Feb 20, 2026 | December 2025 | 723K | 757K | +0.72% | +1.1 bp |
| Jan 13, 2026 | October 2025 | 652K | 714K | −0.20% | −1.6 bp |
| Sep 24, 2025 | August 2025 | 698K | 648K | −0.32% | +2.7 bp |
| Aug 25, 2025 | July 2025 | 648K | 665K | −0.44% | +1.5 bp |
| Jul 24, 2025 | June 2025 | 665K | 622K | +0.03% | +2.0 bp |
| Jun 25, 2025 | May 2025 | 622K | 701K | +0.06% | 0.0 bp |
| May 23, 2025 | April 2025 | 701K | 656K | −0.68% | −4.4 bp |
| Apr 23, 2025 | March 2025 | 656K | 641K | +1.55% | −0.2 bp |
| Mar 25, 2025 | February 2025 | 641K | 665K | +0.24% | −2.4 bp |
| Feb 26, 2025 | January 2025 | 665K | 702K | +0.05% | −4.9 bp |
| Jan 27, 2025 | December 2024 | 702K | 669K | −1.41% | −9.8 bp |
| Dec 23, 2024 | November 2024 | 669K | 632K | +0.60% | +7.5 bp |
| Nov 26, 2024 | October 2024 | 632K | 715K | +0.52% | +3.7 bp |
| Oct 24, 2024 | September 2024 | 715K | 687K | +0.22% | −4.2 bp |
| Sep 25, 2024 | August 2024 | 687K | 732K | −0.22% | +4.5 bp |
| Aug 23, 2024 | July 2024 | 732K | 683K | +1.06% | −5.5 bp |
| Jul 24, 2024 | June 2024 | 683K | 665K | −2.27% | +4.7 bp |
Newest first. Values are today's revised data; a dash means no matched value.
What it measures
The monthly estimate of newly built single-family homes sold, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate.
- Published by
- Census Bureau (Census)
- Release time
- 10:00 AM ET
- Schedule source
- FRED release 97
- Indicator pages
- New Home Sales
Frequently asked questions
When is the next New home sales release?
The next New Home Sales is scheduled for Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET. After that: Wednesday, November 25, 2026; Wednesday, December 23, 2026. Source: Census Bureau.
What time is the New home sales released?
The Census Bureau publishes the New Home Sales at 10:00 AM Eastern Time on its scheduled release days.
Does the stock market move on New home sales days?
On 323 New home sales days since 1999, SPY's move landed in the biggest quarter of all trading days 26.0% of the time, against 25% for any day, within two standard errors (±4.8 points) of chance: by this measure a New home sales day is indistinguishable from a normal session. The median move was 0.51% against 0.55% on all days. SPY closed higher on 56.4% of release days against 53.9% of all days. The 10-year Treasury yield moved a median 3.6 bp either way, against 3.2 bp on all days.
How did the market react to the last New home sales release?
On Thursday, September 24, 2026, SPY moved −0.07% close to close and the 10-year Treasury yield +4.8 bp. The headline New Home Sales read 684K against 643K before.
August 2026, released Sep 24, 2026