Texas tops U.S. in new home sales

TEXAS – According to a new report by Metrostudy Inc., builders have sold 33,177 new houses in Texas for the 12-month period ending June 2014. This ranks Texas first in the United States for new home sales.

Florida was second with 19,416 sales followed by California at 14,280 sales.

Dallas-Fort Worth new home sales were up about 7 percent in second quarter 2014. For the first six months of 2014, new home sales in the area were up about 10 percent from 2013.