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20 Jan 2011 10:40

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Biz: Some positive home sales news, because we need some

  • 12.3% jump in existing home sales in December source
  • » Oh yeah, some more good news: The annual rate of 5.28 million homes, while far below the mid-naughts peak of 7 million in September 2005, is a bit higher than analysts expected. The number hit a low of less than 4 million home sales back in the middle of last year. Granted, people’s homes are still getting foreclosed en masse, but this isn’t bad news.

25 Oct 2010 10:51

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Biz: Good news hard to come by in housing market, but here’s some

  • 10% boost in existing home sales in September source

27 May 2009 11:08

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Biz: Foreclosures make it easier for people to buy homes, just an FYI

  • 2.9% increase in existing home sales in April; sounds good
  • 45% of existing homes sold were from foreclosurse and short sales source