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

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.

Metro Phoenix home sales climbed in March as mortgage rates ticked down. Sales prices held steady even as the supply of ...

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% ...