Homebuyers are canceling their planned purchases at a record rate across the United States — and Fort Lauderdale was among the areas where those agreements were most likely to fall through, a new report says.

About 58,000 home-purchase agreements were canceled last month in the U.S., the highest July rate on record, according to recent data from Redfin, a real estate data and service provider. This amounts to about one in every seven U.S. home sales.

Out of more than 44 of the U.S.’s most populated metro areas, Fort Lauderdale was one of two in Florida that had more cancellations this year than at the same time last year.

Fort Lauderdale in July had 21.3% of pending sales that fell out of contract, up from 20% in July last year. Jacksonville had only slightly more cancellations this yea

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