New home sales dropped sharply again in July on the back of rising mortgage rates. Stretched affordability will continue to weigh on housing market activity over the second half of the year. We now expect new home sales to fall to 500,000 annualised by end-2022 before recovering to around 720,000 by end-2024.
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