WASHINGTON, United States — Sales of previously owned homes in the United States rose more than expected in December to the strongest in nearly three years, on the back of lower mortgage rates, industry data showed Wednesday. Existing home sales jumped by 5.1 percent from the prior month, reaching a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.35 million units, said the National Association of Realtors (NAR). READ: Home sales continue rising across California Month-on-month sales rose across all regions, the report added. The pace was higher than the 4.22 million rate that surveys of economists by Dow Jones Newswires and The […]... Keep on reading: Sales of existing US homes strongest in nearly three years