The Fairfield County housing market continued to show heavy sales volume with falling inventory along with weaker price trends. This trend continued to occur in entry-level to mid tier housing markets across the outlying New York City suburbs while luxury markets in those regions remain softest. There were 2,536 sales during the quarter, up 1.1% over the prior year and the most fourth quarter sales in 12 years. Listing inventory was overpowered by sales, falling 27.2% to 4,157 from the prior year to the lowest level of any quarter in more than 12 years…