Boston Globe: “Mass. November home sales fall 18.4%”

Today’s Boston Globe reports:

The number of home sales recorded in Massachusetts plunged 18.4 percent in November [according to the Warren Group], compared to the same period a year ago…

A separate report of November data released yesterday by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors showed similar steep declines. Sales prices of single-family homes fell nearly 22 percent, to a median price of $283,000, while condo prices declined 27 percent, to a median of $250,000…

Home sales and prices also differ by location. Western Massachusetts and the islands showed the sharpest declines in sales this year…