New-home sales drop 33 percent with tax credits gone
Thursday, June 24, 2010
WASHINGTON -- Sales of new homes collapsed in May, sinking 33 percent to the lowest level on record as potential buyers stopped shopping for homes once they could no longer receive government tax credits.
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