{"id":247025,"date":"2026-01-16T01:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/247025\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T01:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:08:22","slug":"home-sales-log-december-rise-amid-25-slump-the-wall-street-journal-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/247025\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Sales Log December Rise Amid \u201925 Slump | The Wall Street Journal &#8211; newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"size6 m-0 magName svelte-1tmct67\">The Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p class=\"size6 m-0 issueName svelte-1tmct67\">January 15, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortDesc svelte-1tmct67\">Despite a surprise lift last month, the full year downturn is one of worst in decades<\/p>\n<p class=\"author svelte-1tmct67\">&#8211;\u00a0BY NICOLE FRIEDMAN<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"prefImg svelte-1tmct67\" id=\"pref-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HOME-SALES-LOG-DECEMBER-RISE-AMID-25-SLUMP.jpg\" alt=\"Home Sales Log December Rise Amid \u201925 Slump\" loading=\"eager\"\/> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\">The median existing-home price in December was $405,400.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\">Home sales finished 2025 with surprisingly strong momentum, rising 5.1% in December for the biggest gain in nearly two years.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/US\/Dow-Jones\/The-Wall-Street-Journal\/Newspaper\/\" alt=\"cover-img\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover svelte-1tmct67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768525702_252_1.jpg\"  alt=\"The Wall Street Journal\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mgd__lhd__cover__logo mgd__lhd__gold svelte-1tmct67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/static\/icons\/MG_Icon.svg\" alt=\"Magzter Gold Title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"cnt__title svelte-1tmct67\">This story is from the January 15, 2026 edition of The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnt__title svelte-1tmct67\">Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/magztergold\/checkout?plan=2\" id=\"subscribe-story\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SUBSCRIBE NOW <\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"cnt__ft svelte-1tmct67\">Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/login\/email\" class=\"signin svelte-1tmct67\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign In<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wall Street Journal | January 15, 2026 Despite a surprise lift last month, the full year downturn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[124207,124204,72,124211,113,124202,124201,61,124210,60,709,124205,124198,124203,124197,124209,124199,124208,124206,124200],"class_list":{"0":"post-247025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-android-magazine","9":"tag-best-magazine","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-digital-magazines","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-free-magazine","14":"tag-free-magazines","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ipad-magazine","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-magazine","19":"tag-magazine-subscription","20":"tag-magazines","21":"tag-magazines-for-smartphones","22":"tag-magzter","23":"tag-online-digital-magazine","24":"tag-online-magazine","25":"tag-online-pdf-magazine","26":"tag-pdf-for-smartphones","27":"tag-pdf-magazine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}