Home buyers in November rushed to qualify for what they thought would be an expiring federal tax credit, boosting resales of U.S. homes by 7.4% to a 6.54 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, the National Association of Realtors reported Tuesday.

The sales pace was the highest since February 2007 and was the third-straight large increase in existing home sales. Sales are up 28% since August.

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