• Sales of existing homes dropped 33.8 percent from fourth-quarter 2006 to fourth-quarter 2007.
• Median sale prices of Salt Lake homes dropped 7.13 percent from the third quarter of 2007 to the fourth quarter.
• The market may stabilize by midyear if mortgage rates stay steady and home prices decline another 5 to 7 percent.
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