(RECAP: New home sales last month blew past forecasts to their strongest pace in six years, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Sales of new homes reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 504,000, up 18.6% from April’s revised rate, the Census Bureau said. That’s the highest rate since May 2008. The National Association of Realtors reported Monday that sales of existing homes last month rose 4.9% from April.)