There were 1,277 sales in the first quarter, 1.8%
more than 1,254 sales in the same period last
year. The market share for 1-family properties
expanded to 59.1% from 57.5% over the same
period. Condo market share edged up to 14.7%
of all sales from 14.4% in the prior year quarter.
Co-ops and 2-4-family properties declined over
the same period to a 5.6% and 20.5% market
share, respectively. In the 1-family market, the
Northeast and South-Central regions showed
large gains in market share of sales over the
past year, while the remaining four regions
experienced declines in market share…