http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091028/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_housing]New home sales unexpectedly tumble in September (Reuters) [/URL]



Reuters - Sales of newly built U.S. single-family homes unexpectedly tumbled 3.6 percent in September in their first drop since March, but the inventory of new homes available at the end of the month shrank to the smallest in 27 years, government data showed on Wednesday.