Baton Rouge home sales drop in March

Published April 21, 2014 4:24pm ET



BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Home sales in metro Baton Rouge dropped 14.6 percent in March for the first time in 18 consecutive months of year-to-year increases.

In figures released Monday by the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors, there were 647 home sales that closed in March in the nine-parish area. That compares with 758 closed sales in March 2013.

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