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Low rates and heavy buyer demand send US home sales surging

by AP Business Writer
| August 22, 2020 12:03 AM

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Spurred by ultra-low mortgage rates, home buyers rushed last month to snap up a limited supply of existing houses, causing the pace of purchases to jump by a record-high 24.7%.

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