Sales of previously occupied US homes fell in 2024 to a nearly 30-year low for the second time in as many years as elevated mortgage rates, rising home prices and few properties on the market ...

Home sales skidded to a fresh low in 2024 as high mortgage rates and property prices kept buyers and sellers on the sidelines of the housing market. Americans sold 4.06 million previously owned ...

A survey of estate agents said February’s interest rates cut would help boost sales momentum for the rest of the year.

By Ben Casselman High interest rates kept U.S. home sales in a deep freeze for much of last year. It could be a while before the market experiences much of a thaw. Americans bought just over four ...

New contracts for home purchases are coming in very low this month. We counted 10% fewer home sales for the week than the same week a year ago. In the fourth quarter of 2024, sales were coming in ...

New home sales continue to be a bright spot in a dismal housing market. The December report from the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development shows new-home sales ...

The final figures for home sales last year are in, and the story is quite grim: 2024 was the slowest year for existing home sales in nearly three decades. Existing-home sales last year totaled 4. ...

U.S. existing-home sales fell in 2024 to the lowest level in 30 years, as high mortgage rates and low housing inventory weighed on home-buying activity. Home sales fell in 2024 to a rate of 4.06 ...

2024 US Home Sales Hit Lowest Level in Nearly 30 Years With Ownership Increasingly Out of Reach LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest evidence that homeownership is becoming increasingly less accessible ...