Conn. tops neighbors in housing market

Connecticut is weathering the housing storm better than its neighbors, the Bay State and the Ocean State, but the numbers are still whirling. According to The Warren Group, single-family home sales rose 1.5 percent in July above the same month last year. But year-to-date sales dropped 4.2 percent this year. The median price for a single-family home rose 1 percent in July 2007, while May and June of this year experienced increases of nearly 5 percent over 2006.