Existing home sales in January saw the largest month-on-month gain in nearly a year, to take them to their highest level since early 2007. The post-Trump jump in mortgage applications will have helped sales in January. But that surge in mortgage demand has since largely been reversed, and with the months’ supply of homes for sale at a 34-year low, home sales will struggle to make any further progress this year.
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