A Newspaper Reports That the Average Price of New Homes

question 184

Multiple Choice

A newspaper reports that the average price of new homes in a certain city had decreased, and the number of new homes sold had also decreased. This situation is probably caused by

• A) declining costs of construction materials and services in that city.
• B) declining incomes of people in that city.
• C) higher government subsidies to new homebuyers in that city.
• D) a rising population in that city.

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