Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor IPFS News Link • Housing Home Sales Plunge Again, Falling to 12-Year Low 02-25-2009 • CNBC.com Roughly two in five home sales are 'distress' transactions where the mortgage company must erase some of the original loan amount in order to complete the sale, said the trade association's chief economist Lawrence Yun. Watch Streaming Broadcast Live: LRN.fm Watch live shows and archives TV Live Chat Telegram Share this page with your friends on your favorite social network: