FAST FACT

Dec. 1, 2002

Existing home sales rose to their third-highest level ever in October, rising 6 percent to a 5.77 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, with the median

Existing home sales rose to their third-highest level ever in October, rising 6 percent to a 5.77 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, with the median sales price, $159,000, being 10 percent higher than a year before.
— National Association of Realtors