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Each month we are treated to multiple reports on homes sales. Unless you happen to be a housing economist (ahem), the latest roundup of reports, covering June, might have left you seriously confused. Existing-home sales are up! New-home sales are down! Pending home sales are down—but also up! Got whiplash?