It seems impossible to get a clear look at the housing situation these
days. Where there is hope there is despair, if good news there is bad,
existing home sales plummet while new home sales climb toward recovery,
ying begets yang. And in that spirit, The National Association of
Realtors (NAR) just released its annual report on the
sales of what we will call "additional homes," that is vacation
residences and residential investment
properties.
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