U.S. existing-home sales rose 1.5 percent from August and fell 2.2 percent from a year earlier in September, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.99 million, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. Sales increased in the South and the West, held steady in the Midwest, and declined in the Northeast. Compared with a year earlier, sales declined in all four regions. August and September were the two slowest months for home sales this year, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said.

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