Us New Home Sales Fall Slightly In January - Abc News

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 3.76 percent last week, according to the mortgage giant Freddie Mac . That has ticked up in recent weeks, but is far below the 4.33 percent average from a year ago. And employers have hired at an accelerated clip over the past year. In the past three months alone, the U.S. economy has added more than 1 million jobs, the fastest three-month pace in 17 years. Read more at http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/us-home-sales-barely-nudge-january-29212666