Nevermind: New-Home Sales Staying Sluggish, As Stats Revised

``Sales of new homes in the United States were nearly flat in September, after the government sharply revised downward what initially appeared to be an August surge in buying. New-home sales edged up 0.2 percent last month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 467,000, the Commerce Department reported on Friday. The report also revised down the August sales rate to 466,000, from 504,000.''