Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in February as easing mortgage rates and more properties on the market encouraged home shoppers.

Sales of existing homes rose 4.2%, reflecting an increase in shopping activity and in the number of homes for sale since the start of the year.

US mortgage rates rose again last week, reaching the highest level since mid-February and further depressing the appetite to ...

New home sales are counted at the signing of a contract. They rose 5.1% on a year-on-year basis in February. The median new house price fell 1.5% to $414,500 in February from a year earlier.

The national median sales price rose 3.8% in February from a year earlier to $398,400, an all-time high for the month of February. All told, the U.S. median home sales price is up 47% over the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in February as easing mortgage rates and more properties on the market encouraged home shoppers. Existing home sales rose 4.2% ...