May 6, 2007

Home sales: Worst drop in 18 years

Home sales: Worst drop in 18 years

 

According to a real estate group, home sales posted their sharpest drop in 18 years in March as problems in the subprime mortgage sector pushed sales well below what economists had forecast.

 

Sales of existing homes fell 8.4 percent to an annual rate of 6.12 million in March from February's 6.68 million rate, the National Association of Realtors said. It was the biggest one-month drop since January 1989. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had forecast sales would fall to an annual rate of 6.45 million in March.

 

David Lereah, the Realtors' chief economist, said that bad weather earlier in the year may have cut down on sales that closed in March. But he acknowledged a hit from tighter lending standards in the subprime mortgage sector, which most likely made it more difficult for buyers without topflight credit to get financing to buy a home.

 

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