Fewer homes for sale in major U.S. cities: paper
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The number of homes listed for sale in 18 major U.S. metropolitan areas at the end of November was down 4 percent from a month earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Tuesday.
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The pace of existing home sales in   the United States fell for a fifth straight month in August and   prices dropped from year-ago levels for the first time in 11   years, a U.S. realtors group said on Monday.
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Home sales slowed in the Untied States in July, but experts say they still moved at a healthy pace. Tuesday&#39;s report from a business group (the National Association of Realtors) says sales of previously-owned homes dropped 2.9 percent in July.
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Sales of existing U.S. homes fell more than expected in July, as the housing market took a breather from its record-toppling run, a trade association report showed on Tuesday.
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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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House prices in U S metropolitan areas may decline by more than 10 percent in the months and years ahead as higher borrowing costs hurt demand, a study by a Moody's Corp. unit shows.
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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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Weakness in the U.S. housing market  showed no signs of abating through the end of 2006 as sales  slid in 40 states and prices dropped in metro regions with  major price gains in recent years, a real estate trade  association said on Thursday.
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Applications for U.S. home mortgages dropped last week as a decrease in purchasing activity offset an increase in refinancing activity, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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The feeble US housing market showed more frailty when third-quarter home sales plummeted in 38 states, hitting Nevada, Arizona, Florida, and California particularly hard, government data showed yesterday.
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Sales of new U.S. homes fell more  than expected in June to a seasonally adjusted annual 1.131  million rate and the median home price fell for the second  month in a row the government reported on Thursday, as the U.S.  housing market showed more signs of cooling.
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Americans are taking substantially less equity out of the value of their homes than a year ago, a sign consumer spending may be set to recede, data compiled by a Federal Reserve economist suggest.
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The pace of sales of existing homes  in the United States fell 1.3 percent in June to their slowest  pace since January, the National Association of Realtors said  on Tuesday.
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Big cities were less deadly places to live in 2004 as murder rates declined in several urban areas, including New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., according to a survey by The Associated Press.
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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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WASHINGTON -- Pending sales of existing homes fell in July to the lowest level in nearly six years as the mortgage market's troubles made it tough for many borrowers to finalize home purchases.
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Sales of existing US homes fell by 12.8% last year, the biggest decline in 25 years, figures show.