An estimated 34,949 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide last month. That was up 4.5 percent from 33,429 in November, and down 12.1 percent from 39,760 sales in December 2012, according to San Diego-based DataQuick. December sales have varied from a low of 25,585 in 2007 to a high of 66,503 in 2003. Last month's sales were the lowest for a December since 2007 and were 19.7 percent below the average of 43,547 sales for all the months of December since 1988, when DataQuick's statistics begin. California sales havent been above average for any particular month in more...
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