The National Association of Realtors released a report on Wednesday showing a pullback by U.S. existing home sales in the month of August.
NAR said existing home sales slumped by 2.0 percent to an annual rate of 5.88 million in August after jumping by 2.2 percent to a revised rate of 6.00 million in July.
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