U.s. Home Sales Plummeted 6.4% In December

JOSH BOAK, Associated Press, The Columbian
Tue, 01/22/2019 - 9:14pm

WASHINGTON — U.S. home sales cratered in December, causing price growth to slip to the lowest level in more than six years as the housing sector ended 2018 on a decidedly weak note. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that sales of existing homes plunged 6.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.99 million last month, the worst pace in almost three years.

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