Partly reflecting the recent surge in mortgage rates, the National Association of Realtors released a report on Wednesday showing a continued slump in U.S. existing home sales in the month of November.
NAR said existing home sales dove by 7.7 percent to an annual rate of 4.09 million in November after plunging by 5.9 percent to a rate of 4.43 million in October. Economists had expected existing home sales to tumble by 5.2 percent to a rate of 4.20 million.
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