The prices of homes across the nation have seen an inverse relationship to incidence of homes being bought and sold. Home prices in the west dropped far more than prices in the North-east; this trend is possibly part of the reason that more homes were purchased on the west side of the nation than in the north-eastern states.
Home sales are beginning to slow and because of the ending of the federal tax credits. One major issue with this is that builders are continuing to build and inventories are still growing.
The latest survey by the National Association of Realtors shows a positive increase in existing home sales for the month of September. This could show that market improvements are underway and that the housing industry could be recovering from dismal figures.
Here is a brief write up about the homes sales statistics in the United States in the fourth quarter. Unfortunately you will see how the U.S. housing market is holding up.