The 1999 figure is a gain of 6 percent from the $407 billion spent in 1998.
The average move was a gain of just 0.4 percent.
The old record was a gain of 31.7 percent in 1991.
In the five years following the increase, the average was $32 billion, a gain of 74 percent.
Its 30 percent gain was the best of the day.
But still, most of its 15.6 percent gain for the year came by May.
It had a gain of 5.31 percent for the week.
The industry has been used to gains of 8 or 9 percent.
The average price was $226,000, a gain of 29 percent.
A gain of less than 2.5 percent would make it a bad season.