Existing home sales jump 4.3% in January, inventory level dips
Selling a HomeExisting home sales on all single-family homes, townhomes, condos and co-ops rose 4.3% during the month of January, making it the third sales increase in the past four months, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. In January, home sales hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.57 million units, compared to a pace of 4.38 million units in December and 4.54 million units in the year-ago period. As sales increased, inventory levels declined 0.4% from December with only 2.31 million existing homes on the market last month, representing a […]