Existing Home Sales at a 5-Year Low

MarketWatch reports this morning that U.S. sales of existing homes fell 3.8% in June to a new low of 5.75 million, the lowest rate since November 2002. The National Association of Realtors publishes these numbers on a monthly basis. Also reprted are the median sales price of an existing home; up 0.3% to $230,100 since June of 2006. It's the first time in 11 months that median sales prices did not fall compared with a year ago.

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Foreclosure Activity Down in June

Here's some invaluable foreclosure information from RealtyTrac. They publish the largest and most comprehensive national database of foreclosure and bank-owned properties, with over 1 million properties from nearly 2,500 counties across the country, and is the foreclosure data provider to MSN Real Estate, Yahoo! Real Estate and The Wall Street Journal’s Real Estate Journal.