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04/26/05 8:35 AM

#7239 RE: FinancialAdvisor #7222

Existing-Home Sales Increase 1% in March

Existing-Home Sales Increase 1% in March
April 26, 2005
From Reuters


Sales of existing U.S. homes rose 1% in March to the third-highest level on record as an increase in single-family sales offset a dip in sales of condominiums, a trade group said.

Sales of previously owned single-family homes and condos increased to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.89 million units last month, the National Assn. of Realtors said.

The national median home price jumped 11.4% to $195,000 from the same month a year earlier, the association's report showed.

In California, the median price of an existing, single-family detached home rose 15.7% to $495,400, the California Assn. of Realtors said.


LINK: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-rup26.3apr26,1,7966495.story?coll=la-headlines-business&ct...