E new homes were sold in july than in nearly a decade. Fuic market remains quite healthy. According to the commerce department, new home sales rose. Ore than 12 s were more than 30 above their year ago levels and were especially st rates and low unemployment. Now, some of the incre e les has to do with first time market and that means homebuilders are catering to h smaller, more affordable ones. Diana oleic reports. Its happening in brandywine, maryland at mid trick builders and across the nation. The average size of a newly built home is shrinki for First Time Since the end of the recession. It depends on the market, but in o driving the deals and these builders are adjusting their product to meet e buyers say mortgages are coming back to the home buying market and that means more demand for smaller homes. During the before the great recessio we were probably av4200 square feet a house, now, were 28 to 3100 square feet, so theyve shrunk quite a bit. Of birlds were catering part still