Housing Boom: Sales of Million-Dollar Homes Double
![Sales of previously owned homes jumped more than 20% in September from a year earlier, but sales of homes costing more than $1 million more than doubled.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/10/22/gettyimages-498472912_wide-37c512ee1f3d090d0a188b4b61ffb38bb85f1d3c.jpg?s=600)
The housing market is on a tear setting all kinds of records including prices. But it's also a reflection of the uneven economic recovery and more first-time homebuyers are getting priced out.
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