1.   Lower mortgage interest rates attracted more buyers to the housing market in July, helping send sales of previously occupied houses higher for a third straight month.

2.   Lower mortgage interest rates attracted a rush of buyers to the housing market in July, sending sales of previously occupied houses higher for a third straight month.

3.   Under the Fannie Mae pilot program, the houses may be either newly built or previously occupied.

4.   Americans, not put off by the choppy economy, pushed up sales of previously occupied homes in May.

5.   Even though Americans bought fewer previously occupied homes in June, sales were at near record levels, suggesting that this main pillar of the economy remains sturdy.

6.   For previously occupied homes, sales increased in all regions expect for the Midwest.

7.   For previously occupied homes, sales increases in all regions expect for the Midwest, where they declined.

8.   New-home sales soared to a record and sales of previously occupied homes hit their second-highest level ever.

9.   Sales of both new and previously occupied homes soared.

10.   Sales of both new and previously occupied homes soared to new levels in March.