Las Vegas’ homebuilding market pumped the brakes yet again last month.

Builders landed 510 net home sales — newly signed sales contracts minus cancellations — in Southern Nevada in September, down 37 percent from the same month last year, according to a new report from Las Vegas-based Home Builders Research.

Amid the slowdown in sales, builders also cut back on their construction plans: They pulled 579 new-home permits last month, down 33 percent from September of last year.

Overall, builders closed 829 home sales last month, down 19 percent from a year earlier.

After a buyer signs a sales contract with a builder, it can take several months before construction of the house is finished and the sale closes.

Buyers paid a median price of $529,140 last month for newly built homes, up almo

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