An estimated 42,293 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide in California last month. That was up 8.3 percent from 39,051 in April, and up 1.2 percent from 41,790 sales in May 2012, according to San Diego-based DataQuick. Last month's sales count was the strongest for a May since 54,099 homes were sold in May 2006. California May sales have varied from a low of 32,223 in 1995 to a high of 67,078 in 2005. Last month's sales were nine percent below the average of 46,471 sales for all the months of May since 1988, when DataQuick's statistics begin.Click to continue
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