New-home sales decline as rising mortgage rates sap demand
New-home sales decline as rising mortgage rates sap demand
By Jordan Yadoo | Bloomberg
Sales of new US homes fell in September, resuming a downtrend as decades-high mortgage rates push would-be buyers out of the market.
Purchases of new single-family homes decreased 10.9% to a 603,000 annualized pace following an unexpected gain in August, government data showed Wednesday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 580,000…