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By Gay Cororaton
The May Realtors® Confidence Index reports that the percentage of cash sales declined to 28 percent in May, from 29 percent in April for residential properties. The high preponderance of all-cash sales appears to be due to a number of factors: unrealistically high loan underwriting standards, a significant level of investor participation in the market, and sales of properties as second homes.
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