New home sales fall 17% to 2-year low as rising mortgage rates crowd out buyers

New home sales fall 17% to 2-year low as rising mortgage rates crowd out buyers

Sales of new single-family homes in the US fell to their lowest level in nearly two years in October, likely as rising mortgage rates put buyers on the sidelines and hurricanes disrupted activity. Sales of new homes fell 17.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 610,000 units last month, the lowest level since December … Read more