The number of contracts to purchase US second-hand house unexpectedly rose in July, signalling the market may be starting to stabilize after a plunge in the aftermath of the expiration of a homebuyer tax credit last April. US retailers in August reported a back-to-school bounce but at the expense of big discounts and new weekly jobless benefit claims fell 6,000 last week.
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