Despite global economic turmoil last fall, the
housing market continued to show stability,
continuing a pattern that began in mid-
2009 after the credit crunch began. The
S&P’s downgrade of US debt, paired with
the European debt crisis, Wall Street bonus
concerns, and large swings in the stock market
indices all contributed to the market’s slowed
pace leading into the first quarter. As a result,
the number of sales slipped 3.5% to 2,311 from
2,394 in the prior year quarter. However, sales
levels began to rise during the middle of the first
quarter…