Housing market continues to be hot - 2004-03-11
Think of the residential real estate market as a horse race. Now picture the backstretch, where home sales are surging past faltering mortgage refinance transactions into first place in a race that's likely to shatter every record in sight.
Throughout the metro area, say brokers and agents, the contest to crown the hottest element of the real estate market is producing similar results. Namely, that home sales are now the undisputed king of total transactions.
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