Awwal 21, 1432, April 25, 2011, SPA -- More Americans bought new homes in March, helping give the battered industry a small lift after the worst winter for sales in almost a half-century, as AP reported. The Commerce Department says new-home sales rose 11 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted rate of 300,000 homes. That follows three straight monthly declines. But it remains far below the 700,000-a-year pace that economists view as healthy.
