Existing home sales recorded another decline in April and are down 13% from the peak last October. Home sales are being constrained by record low inventory, which will continue to weigh on housing market activity in the coming months. And with mortgage rates set to rise to 4.0% by end-2021, we expect existing home sales will fall back to around 5.6m by the end of the year.
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