Home sales continue to fall
Sales of existing homes fell for the sixth straight month in January, dropping to the slowest sales pace on record. Median home prices were also low. Many analysts predict further price declines in the months ahead given high levels of unsold homes.
The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales of single-family homes and condominiums dropped by 0.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.89 million units. That was the slowest sales pace, going back to 1999, and was seen as evidence that the steepest slump in housing in a quarter-century has yet to hit bottom.
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