Existing-Home Sales Record Big Gains
Monday, November 23rd, 2009We have certainly seen a little up-tick in activity over the past few weeks in the Bennington VT real estate market. This article from the National Association of Realtors gives a more macro view of the national real estate market.
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Driven by the home buyer tax credit, existing-home sales showed another big gain in October with a strong uptrend established over the past seven months, according to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. At the same time, inventories have continued to decline.
Existing-home sales—including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops—surged 10.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.10 million units in October from a downwardly revised pace of 5.54 million in September, and are 23.5 percent above the 4.94 million-unit level in October 2008. Sales activity is at the highest pace since February 2007 when it hit 6.55 million.
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