U.S. home sales hit a 10-year low

The last time the U.S. housing market was this slow, “Fifty Shades of Grey” topped the box office and “Uptown Funk” was the No. 1 song.
To get a broader glimpse into the nation’s housing market, my trusty spreadsheet reviewed a slightly different set of home sales figures created for the Southern California News Group by the real estate data firm Attom.
Unlike many industry yardsticks that track only existing single-family homes, Attom’s statistics follow clos