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Canada August Home Sales Rise on Decades-Low Mortgage Rates

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Canadian existing home sales rose 0.3 percent in August from the previous month, as the lowest mortgage rates since at least 1973 stoke demand.

Sales rose to 42,965 units last month, holding at about the five-year high set in May, the Canadian Real Estate Association saidBloomberg Terminal from Ottawa Tuesday.