As usual the two monthly reports on home sales –
existing homes and newly constructed houses – were issued in lockstep on
Wednesday and Thursday and while one was loudly proclaimed as an
indicator that things were still getting worse, the second contained a
germ of hope.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economists pointed out that
when many of the sales that closed in October were being negotiated the
mortgage problems arising out of the sub prime situation were
peaking. “We continue to see the biggest impact in high-cost markets that
rely on jumbo loans…