Homebuyer anxiety around prices and the election precipitated the fall as the National Association of Realtors’ Pending Home Sales Index declined 5.5 percent, to 70.2, the lowest index reading in 23 years.
Source: Inman News
Prices and politics drag pending home sales down to new low in July
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