Pending home sales defied Wall Street’s expectations and rose to their highest levels in more than three years, according to an industry report.

The National Association of Realtors reported that its index tracking pending home sales jumped a seasonally adjusted 3.7% to read 114.1 in October, marking nine consecutive months of rising sales. Analysts had expected pending home sales to slump by 1%, according to Thomson Reuters.

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