{
  "id": 14211791,
  "title": "Home sales in September rose for the first time since May, with buyers taking advantage of a plateau in mortgage rates over the summer before the surge in recent weeks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/home-sales-in-september-rose-for-the-first-time-since-may-with-buyers",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "WSJ Economy",
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    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/home-sales-rose-in-september-for-the-first-time-since-spring-32a7d980?mod=rss_socialeconomyfeed"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 1.5% gain over the previous month reflected a plateau in mortgage rates over the summer, but sales activity overall remained subdued.",
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  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "Existing home sales unexpectedly rise in September",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/existing-home-sales-unexpectedly-rise-in-september",
        "published": "2026-10-13T14:03:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "‘A very tough market out there’: U.S. home sales fell 2.2% from last year as mortgage rates and prices rise",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/a-very-tough-market-out-there-u-s-home-sales-fell-2-2-from-last-year",
        "published": "2026-10-13T15:10:23.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}