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Aug
Home Sales Drop 18.6%
Home sales
The National Association of Realtors released a report today showing that pending home sales declined in June by 18.6% below June 2009 pending home sales level.
The National Association of Realtor’s chief economist, Lawrence Yun, said: “There could be a couple of additional months of slow home-sales activity before picking up later in the year, provided the job market continues to improve. Over the short term, inventory will look high relative to home sales. However, since home prices have come down to fundamentally justifiable levels, there isn’t likely to be any meaningful change to national home values.” Read more 