existing home sales unexpectedly drop in february: Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly Drop In February - 03/22/11 09:31 AM
Existing Home Sales fell 10 percent last month, according to a report from the National Association of REALTORS®.
On an annual basis, 4.88 million homes were sold in February - the first time annualized home resales dropped below 5,000,000 since November 2010.
An "existing home" is one that's not considered new construction.
And it's not just sales volume that's down. Home inventory is higher, too. At the current pace of sales, the number of months needed to sell the complete home resale inventory rose by 1.1 months, to 8.6 months nationally.
It's the biggest one-month jump in supply since July 2010 - … (0 comments)