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US Existing Home Sales Collapsed In January
- Marcus Nikos
- 2 hours ago
- 1 min read
US Existing Home Sales Collapsed In January
After managing a 1.4% YoY rise in 2025 (dramatically down from the 9.7% YoY rise in 2024, and 33% YoY collapse in 2023), US existing home sales were expected to drop 4.6% MoM in January (following December's outsized 5.1% MoM surge), despite a tumble in mortgage rates.
The analysts were correct on the direction but wrong on the scale as existing home sales plunged 8.4% MoM in January from a downwardly revised +4.4% MoM in December. That is the biggest MoM drop since February 2022...
