Sharp decline in US housing sales
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Sales of existing US homes fell 8% in September, the biggest decline in 16 years, a report shows.
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The pace of existing home sales in the United States in April fell to their lowest since June 2003 while inventories swelled, the National Association of Realtors said in a report on Friday that showed more weakness than analysts had expected.
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New single-family home sales fell  4.7 percent in December to its lowest rate in nearly 13 years  while the median sales price dropped sharply and the inventory  of unsold homes climbed, according to a government report on  Monday that delivered more grim news for the battered housing  sector.
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Business & money: Figures show sharpest fall for almost two years as trouble in the US housing market starts to spread and weigh down on consumer spending.
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Existing US home sales fell in June, figures show, as the slowdown in the housing market continues.
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Sales of previously owned homes fell 8.0 percent in September to a record low 5.04 million unit pace amid troubles in the subprime mortgage and credit markets, the National Association of Realtors said on Wednesday.
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Sales of new family homes in the US fell 8.3% in August to its slowest rate in more than seven years, figures show.
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Business & money: Housing market slows as mortgage approvals fall.
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The pace of existing home sales in the United States fell by 2.2 percent in December to a slower-than-expected 4.89 million-unit annual rate, the National Association of Realtors said in a report on Thursday.
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A bottom has been hit in the decline of U.S. home sales, said former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Wednesday.
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US home sales and price declines in 2007 are going to be steeper than earlier forecast, contributing to slower economic growth, the National Association of Realtors said.
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The number of existing homes sold in the US dropped by 2.6% in April, compounding gloom in the domestic property market.
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Sales of new homes plunged last month to their lowest level in more than 12 years, a grim testament to the problems plaguing the housing sector.
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Pending sales of existing U.S. homes  in May unexpectedly fell to their lowest level in more than  5-1/2 years, data from a real estate trade group showed on  Tuesday in a sign of continued weakness in the housing sector.
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US new home sales in July fell 6.4 percent to a 1.134 million annual rate, the year&#39;s slowest pace and a sign housing may provide less fuel for the economy in coming months.
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Home sales and prices will fall at a faster pace in 2007 than originally expected, a leading U.S. real estate trade association said on Wednesday.
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The pace of existing home sales in  the United States fell a sharper-than-expected 4.1 percent in  July to their lowest level since January 2004 as the downturn  in the U.S. housing sector accelerated, the National  Association of Realtors said on Wednesday.