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Home sales rose in January as buyers seized on lower rates

Existing-home sales rose to a rate of 4 million annualized in January, matching the highest level since August, the National Association of Realtors said.

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Existing Home Sales Rise to Highest Level Since August. Supply Is Inching Up.

Homes on the market in January increased to 1.01 million, up 2% from the month prior, a trade group said.

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LGI Homes Shares Fall 8.4% After Missing Estimates

By Emon Reiser Shares of LGI Homes fell after the homebuilder reported fourth-quarter results that missed top- and bottom-line estimates. The stock declined.

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Ultra-Wealthy Home Buyers and Renters Are Getting an Early Start in New York's Tony Hamptons

Presidents Day weekend usually kicks off the busy season for the affluent beach-home market, but activity is already reaching a “fever pitch”

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Home Builders Are Gearing Up for More Sales. 2 Numbers to Watch.

Builders are feeling bullish on expectations for sales in the next six months.

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Canada Existing-Home Sales Jump 3.7% in January -- Update

By Paul Vieira OTTAWA Canadian existing-home sales rose for a second straight month in January, with trends suggesting the residential real-estate market is.

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Enphase Stock Is Soaring. The CEO Has Called a Bottom.

Badri Kothandaraman, CEO of solar-equipment firm Enphase, sees a first-quarter bottom. “All the work we’ve done in the past few months is coming to.

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Confidence in U.S. housing market reaches highest level since March 2022

Americans are optimistic that mortgage rates will fall over the next 12 months, a Fannie Mae survey says.

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Here's when mortgage rates will fall enough to unfreeze the housing market

Mortgage rates are falling, but when will the 30-year mortgage dip below 6%? Here’s what five economists are forecasting.

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It's One of America's Most Expensive Cities, and Home Buyers Can't Get Enough

A metro area on California’s central coast ranked No. 1 in the latest WSJ/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index

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