Coronavirus rebound: SoCal pending home sales back above 2019 pace

Southern California house hunters put more homes into escrow for the ninth consecutive week, pushing the buying pace above the year-ago for the first time in 14 weeks.
Zillow’s weekly report on activity from brokers’ listing services in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties shows 3,633 existing homes put into escrow in the week ended June 20 — up 1% in a week and up 6% from 2019. It’s the first year-over-year advance since March 14 as local housing re