NVAR Homes Sold Numbers For July Are One Part of the Big Economic Recovery Picture

Fairfax, Virginia – August 12, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Jobs. Housing. Both factors are the foundation of our ever-so-slowly recovering economy, according to Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Casselman. “The combination of steady job growth and a suddenly buoyant housing market helped households shake off the effects of tax increases that took effect in January,” he wrote in his July 31 WSJ blog post, “What Drove GDP Growth?”