Sales of previously occupied US homes fell in 2024 to a nearly 30-year low for the second time in as many years as elevated mortgage rates, rising home prices and few properties on the market ...

Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes fell in December to snap a four-month streak of increases, with particularly sharp declines in the pricier Northeast and West regions as higher mortgage ...

Elevated mortgage rates, rising home prices and a low level of properties on the market kept many prospective homebuyers out ...

Sales of existing homes in the US fell last year to the lowest level in almost three decades, as sky-high home prices and elevated mortgage rates squeezed home buyers. Sales of previously owned ...

Sales plummeted 2.8% last month at auto dealers and slumped at furniture stores, home and garden centers. Even in the usually ...

U.S. retail sales dropped sharply last month, in part because cold weather kept more Americans indoors and dented sales at car dealers and most other stores ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the fourth week in a row, an encouraging sign for prospective ...

Like a watered-down drink, domestic sales for American whiskeys were unsatisfying in 2024, as inflation reined in consumer ...

US retail sales plunged by the most in almost two years in January -- a bigger drop than forecast and one that follows an unexpected uptick in inflation that President ...

U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in January, dropping a seasonally adjusted 0.9% from December to $723.9 billion, the Commerce Department said. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the third week in a row, a smidgen of relief for prospective ...