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Map: Which Part of Brewster Has the Most Homes Sold in a Month?

The map above shows a snapshot of total homes sold in October across town.

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The map above shows a snapshot of total homes sold in October across town.

Despite increasing mortgage rates, October marked the biggest increase in new single-family sales nationwide in over 33 years.

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Sales increased by 25.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 444,000 units.

Gains in employment and stock prices are believed to have helped people adjust to this year’s increase in borrowing costs and property values enough to decide to purchase a home.

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The data in this map are from Zillow, a real estate Web site. Using your cursor, you can hover over any area of town and see in the box in the upper right hand corner of the map the percentage of homes whose values increased there. Zillow is a Patch Partner.

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