Sales expected to trend down

From the National Association of Realtors®, which calls itself “The Voice for Real Estate:"

Home sales are expected to trend down from record levels during the second half of this year, but easily set annual records for both new- and existing-home sales, according to the National Association of Realtors®.

Talk about artful spin... This goes right into the What-Did-You-Expect-Them-To-Say file.