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Home sales up in the US, but foreclosures also grow

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published July 28, 2009.

Home sales are up in the US, according to a report released Monday by the US department of commerce.

This may be good news for some aspects of the economy, but lawmakers are worried by the fact that home foreclosures continue to go up as well. Today a congressional committee met to look at ways to prevent more foreclosures from happening.  FSRN Karen Miller has more