US existing home sales up 2.4 per cent in Sept. to fastest rate in 2014; still lags 2013 pace

``The National Association of Realtors says sales of existing homes rose 2.4 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.17 million. Still, the sales rate has dropped 1.7 per cent over the past 12 months.'' -- This is literally the only article with a headline that reports the figures in the proper perspective (that is, sales are still DOWN in the last year). Of course, it's a Canadian article...