HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): New Home Sales Miss By Most In 20 Months. “This is the first miss since October of last year and the biggest miss of expectations since October 2010. . . . Median home prices also fell appreciably. Hope is fading as we note that of the 33,000 total new houses sold in June, 11,000 have not even been started, and 11,000 are still under construction and the number of homes sold at a price over $750,000 was less than 1,000.”