The Long Island Board of Realtors reported available inventory in Queens in August climbed to 10,005 compared to 5677 in last August. Property under contract in August was 849. At this pace the inventory need almost a year to sell.

Suffolk has inventory of 13,999 compared to 8,790.

Nassau inventory was 10,041 while last August was 6,018.

The Florida Association of Realtors said the state's single-family home resales plunged 34 percent in August compared with a year earlier.

The slowdown helped fuel a buyer's market, as there were 26 percent more homes on the market in August than a year earlier, said Dave Otto, president of the Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors.

Sales in Cincinnati and its Ohio suburbs fell by 10.6 percent last month when compared to August 2005.