Mass. home sales hit two-decade low, but median prices up

The tally of August single-family home sales as reported by the Warren Group was no surprise: sales in Massachusetts sunk to a two-decade low. Home sales were even 18.5% percent below August 2009. Condo sales, too, were off from 2009 numbers by 23.3 percent.

As has been documented here, median prices keep creeping up from 2009 lows: single-family prices rose 3.9%  and condo prices were up  8.5%.

August home sales drop to lowest level in 2 decades