US Home Sales Increase Thanks To Record-Low Mortgage Rates
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 09:43 AM EDT
With US home prices now a third lower than they were in their peak in 2006, it’s not surprising that many more houses were sold in July compared to a year ago. During the month of July, new home sales grew 3.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 372,000 compared to June, and if [...]

With US home prices now a third lower than they were in their peak in 2006, it’s not surprising that many more houses were sold in July compared to a year ago. During the month of July, new home sales grew 3.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 372,000 compared to June, and if you compare it to a year ago, home sales rose 25.3%. This rise in home sales is largely due to near-record low mortgage rates.

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