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Pending home sales dropped sharply in December as mortgage rates climbed. The average rate on the 30-year fixed went from a low of 6.68% on Dec.6 to a high of 7.14% on Dec. 19. Sales fell in all ...

After reporting four straight monthly increases by U.S. pending home sales, the National Association of Realtors released a report on ...

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said on Thursday its Pending Home Sales Index, based on signed contracts, fell 5.5% last month to 74.2 from a downwardly revised 78.5 in November. Pending ...

The Pending Home Sales Index, which tracks contract signings on existing homes, dropped 5.5% from November to December as mortgage rates hover near 7%.

It wasn’t by a wide margin, but western Nevada County home sales squeaked past prior year, despite the weakest December sales ...

Prospective homebuyers considering the real estate market had a range of options in various neighborhoods throughout the ...

Pending home sales in the U.S. fell 5.5% in December, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). This decline follows four consecutive months of increases. All four major U.S. regions ...

The Pending Homes Sales Index drifted down 5.5% M/M to 74.2, the 0.0% consensus and +1.6% in November (revised down from +2.2%), according to data released by the National Association of Realtors.

Homebuyer affordability remained flat in December as the national median mortgage payment applied for by purchase applicants declined just $6 to $2,127 — the same level they were at in October — from ...

--U.S. existing home sales fell in 2024 to the lowest level since 1995, as stubbornly high mortgage rates persist, the NAR said last week. Write to Ed Frankl at [email protected] ...