US Existing-Home Sales Hit Slowest Pace Since August 2010
Existing-home sales fell 5.5% in October to a 3.75 million annual pace, the slowest since August 2010, as 30-year mortgage rates topped 7.4 percent, NAR said Thursday.
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Housing Market
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Housing Market
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