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Regional home sales drop 21 percent, median price increases

Article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Article date: June 20, 2008 Author: Ron DaParma

A streak of slumping home sales in the Pittsburgh region reached 15 months in May, with a 21.5 percent drop continuing a pattern that stretches back to March 2007.

There were 2,426 homes sold during May compared with 3,089 for the same month a year ago, with each of five counties showing a decline, according to a report from RealStats, a real estate information company on the South Side.

The decline was the steepest yet this year, said RealStats, which tracks sales of homes sold for $10,000 and more through deed recordings in Allegheny, Beaver, ...

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