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Home sales make record jump, proving how sensitive buyers are to mortgage rates

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Sales of existing homes skyrocketed a whopping 11.8 percent in February compared with January, according to the National Association of Realtors. That is the largest monthly jump ever, with the exception of a change in mortgage policy in 2015 that temporarily skewed the data. Realtors pointed squarely to dropping mortgage […]

Pending home sales see lowest December since 2013   10:19 AM ET Wed, 30 Jan 2019 | 00:57 House hunters signed 2.2 percent fewer contracts to buy existing homes in December, according to the National Association of Realtors. These so-called pending sales are a future indicator of closings in one to […]