Home sales in the U.S. slipped and the number of homes listed for sale plunged. Report

      Coronavirus turned the US housing market upside down. Record-setting declines include a more than 10% decrease in new listings from a year earlier and a 9% drop in total number of home sales in a single month. Home sales slipped and the number of homes listed for sale plunged as the U.S. … Read more

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