Existing Homes Sales Record Biggest August Drop EVER But Prices Keep Inflating
• by Lee AdlerNAR data on housing sales showed the largest August decline since 1999, the earliest publicly available data.
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NAR data on housing sales showed the largest August decline since 1999, the earliest publicly available data.
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