考研英语阅读篇章美国五月房产交易创近六年新高
<p> 篇章：美国五月房产交易创近六年新高</p><p> <span word="Sales">Sales</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="surged">surged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="six">six</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="May">May</span> <span word="suggesting">suggesting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="housing">housing</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="recover">recover</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="slowdown">slowdown</span>.</p><p> 五月份美国新住宅销售量创下近六年以来最高点，暗示着房产市场正在从最近的低迷中开始恢复。</p><p> <span word="Sales">Sales</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="by">by</span> 18.6% <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="seasonally">seasonally</span> <span word="adjusted">adjusted</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="sales">sales</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="of">of</span> 504,000 - <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="May">May</span> 2008, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Commerce">Commerce</span> <span word="Department">Department</span>.</p><p> <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="S">S</span> <span word="P">P</span>/<span word="Case">Case</span>-<span word="Shiller">Shiller</span> <span word="index">index</span>, <span word="also">also</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>, <span word="found">found</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="increases">increases</span> <span word="slowed">slowed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="April">April</span>.</p><p> <span word="Economists">Economists</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="bigger">bigger</span> <span word="rises">rises</span>.</p><p> <span word="On">On</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="seasonally">seasonally</span>-<span word="adjusted">adjusted</span> <span word="basis">basis</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="index">index</span>, <span word="covering">covering</span> 20 <span word="major">major</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="cities">cities</span>, <span word="rose">rose</span> 0.2% <span word="in">in</span> <span word="April">April</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="by">by</span> 10.8% <span word="on">on</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="basis">basis</span>.</p><p> <span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="rose">rose</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="April">April</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="gains">gains</span> <span word="weakened">weakened</span>. <span word="Overall">Overall</span>, <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> <span word="month">month</span>-<span word="to">to</span>-<span word="month">month</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="slower">slower</span> <span word="rate">rate</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="David">David</span> <span word="M">M</span>. <span word="Blitzer">Blitzer</span>, <span word="chairman">chairman</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Index">Index</span> <span word="Committee">Committee</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="S">S</span> <span word="P">P</span> <span word="Dow">Dow</span> <span word="Jones">Jones</span> <span word="Indices">Indices</span>.</p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="combination">combination</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="mortgage">mortgage</span> <span word="rates">rates</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="surge">surge</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="properties">properties</span> <span word="available">available</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="sale">sale</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="weighed">weighed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="housing">housing</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2013.</p><p> <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="housing">housing</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="again">again</span>.</p><p> <span word="Referring">Referring</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="figure">figure</span>, <span word="Cooper">Cooper</span> <span word="Hawes">Hawes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Barclays">Barclays</span> <span word="Research">Research</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="analyst">analyst</span> <span word="note">note</span>:</p>
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