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Suddenly, area's housing market favors the buyers

Cooling of sales to crimp economy

Dwindling turnouts: Real estate broker Sand Evellone called into her office while waiting for prospective buyers during a Sunday open house in Wellesley earlier this month.
By Robert Gavin
Globe Staff / October 28, 2005

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Greater Boston's once-sizzling home sales have cooled so much this fall that realtors are reverting to a description not heard in a decade: ''Buyer's market." (Full article: 1048 words)

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