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Real estate stats weak in April

The spring housing market continues to disappoint just about everyone involved in residential real estate. GLVAR turns in its monthly report for April and we see that home listings are up by 4.5% from March, to 22,242. This means that we are slowly approaching last fall's all time high. But it isn't all doom and gloom. There is a bright spot in the statistics. For a full report, click here.

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Esko Kiuru
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www.BluefoxToday.com - syndicated mortgage, housing and property management blog

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Comment balloon 2 comments • Esko Kiuru • May 08 2007 02:06PM
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