Home sales see biggest gain since July 2003

By Patrick Rucker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose 5.5 percent last month, the biggest gain since July 2003, and the inventory of unsold homes fell, a hopeful sign for a housing market mired in a long slump. The...

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Oregon Property Taxes Stable

Something stable in the economy: Oregon property taxes The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA "For the last almost year and a half, people have been reading about how bad the real estate market is, but it was not really true in our area," Vroman said ... See all stories on this topic