The National Association of Realtors released existing homes sales figures in the U.S. on Thursday. Sales of existing homes climbed 1.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.26 million in October from 5.18 million in September. That was the highest level since September 2013.
September's figure was revised up from 5.17 million units.
Analysts had expected an increase to 5.16 million units.