Home sales plunge to lowest since the Great Recession as buyers flee the market
FROM THE WIRE · MARKETWATCH.COM
Home sales fell in October to a 16-year low as buyers bolted from the housing market in the face of 7% mortgage rates.
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- 01Home sales in October fell to a 16-year low.
- 02Buyers pulled back in the face of 7% mortgage rates.
- 03The decline concerns the US housing market.