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Existing Home Sales (Aug. 16)

Existing home sales fell in August, as extremely tight market conditions outweighed any boost to housing demand from favourable economic trends. With the inventory of homes for sale at its lowest for over 15-years, there is little chance activity will pick-up over the coming months. 

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