Existing home sales were modestly boosted in April, inching up 0.2% following a 2.9% decline in March.
Existing home sales are 23.1% below the NAR's January 2000 estimate, but when we account for population growth, current sales levels are 37.0% below turn-of-the-century levels.
According to Freddie Mac, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in April 2026 was 6.33%.
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By Jennifer Nash
Existing home sales were modestly boosted in April, inching up 0.2% following a 2.9% decline in March. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million units, falling just
