wavering housing recovery found firmer footing last month.

Sales of previously owned homes jumped 4.9% from April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.89 million in May, the National Assn. of Realtors said Monday. It was the largest increase since August 2011 and beat expectations.

Analysts had forecast sales to reach about 4.75 million last month.

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