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• a  not disposed of by purchase
  the house has been on the market almost a year and is still unsold

• The corporation managing the property changed hands earlier this year, and units remain unsold.
• Another example: publishers sell books to bookstores on a consignment system, which means the stores can return unsold books to publishers for a full refund.
• When it folded eight months ago, the 30 faculty members scattered, like the students, leaving behind nine vacant buildings, 5,000 unsold yearbooks, 75 microscopes, an airplane .

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News & Articles

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• Cedar Key's clam farmers feel squeezed out
  CEDAR KEY -- When Anna Hodges began harvesting clams in 1994, she earned 9 cents a clam. Now she gets 7 cents, but over half of what she and her husband, Mike -- owners of Hodges Seafood -- produce goes unsold because they say the market is saturated. The result?
  June 20, 2013 - The Gainesville Sun
• Lane County home sales continue to rise
  Both completed and pending home sales rose in Lane County again in May, compared to both the previous month and May 2012, according to the Regional Multiple Listing Service. The number of new listings also rose but, with sales picking up, the inventory of unsold homes continued to shrink, to …
  June 20, 2013 - The Register-Guard
• Housing Recovery Accelerates in L.A. Market
  The California Association of Realtors on Monday said last month’s median price of an existing home in Los Angeles County jumped nearly 30 percent from last year, with the inventory of unsold homes at its lowest level in eight years.
  June 17, 2013 - San Fernando Valley Business Journal

Quotes

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• Ben Bernanke in Toronto Daily News
  The economy appears likely to continue to expand at a moderate pace over coming quarters. As the inventory of unsold new homes is worked off, the drag from residential investment should wane,Bernanke assured.
• Kerry Killinger in Forbes
  Clearly, the current downturn in housing is acute and deeper than expected. We continue to see declining home prices, elevated inventories of unsold homes and increased foreclosure activity,Killinger said, particularly in California and...
• Henry Paulson in Forbes
  It will take additional time for markets to regain confidence,Paulson said. "The overhang of unsold homes will contribute to a prolonged adjustment and poses by far the biggest downside risk."