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23 Apr 2010 11:31

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Biz: Home sales, once looking weak, made a huge March jump

  • 27% increase in new home sales in March
  • four number of months of declines prior to the leap
  • 1963 the last time home sales rose this much source
  • ยป But why? Credit a tax break that’s about to expire and weather that sucked less than it did in February (when home sales hit a record low). The strange part? The tax break had been in effect each of the four months prior, when home sales weren’t so hot.