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Existing homes sales fell in September to the lowest level since record keeping began in 1999, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday.

Sales declined 8% from August to an annual rate of 5.04 million, NAR said. Sales were down 19% from a year ago.

Economists had forecast resales to fall 4.5% to an annual rate of 5.25 million, Bloomberg reported.