Champaign County home sales drop

CHAMPAIGN – Champaign County home sales in the fourth quarter of 2008 fell nearly 27 percent from the same period a year ago.

According to the Champaign County Association of Realtors' Multiple Listing Service, 286 homes were sold in the fourth quarter of 2008, down from 391 homes in the fourth quarter of 2007.

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