LOS ANGELES — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ended a four-month slide in July as easing mortgage rates and a pickup in properties on the market encouraged home shoppers.
Home prices increased on an annual basis for the 13th consecutive month. The national median sales price rose 4.2% from a year earlier to $422,600. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Kasia Niewiadoma pulled off one of the most thrilling Tour de France wins in the race’s long history and tells Lawrence Ostlere about the agony and ecstasy of conquering Alpe d’Huez to win the yellow jerseyFederal Reserve policymakers on Thursday said that with inflation well down from its highs they are paying close attention to the U.S. labor market to gauge when to begin reducing interest rates, with one saying they should move "soon.