WASHINGTON—Sales of new homes in the U.S. fell in January, signaling a weak start to 2019 for the troubled U.S. housing industry. New-home sales fell 6.9% in January from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 607,000, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had expected new-home...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 14, 2019 14:03 UTC