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US Existing Home Sales (Jan. 2025)

The fall in existing home sales in January reflects weak deal-making at the end of last year due to the surge in mortgage rates. Given that borrowing costs have stayed above 7% since then, we expect this weakness in buying activity to continue in the coming months.

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