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Firm: N. Calif home sales drop 20 percent in Sept.
Home sales in the San Francisco Bay area plunged 19.6 percent last month to reach their lowest level for a September in three years, as historically low mortgage rates failed to draw new buyers during a shaky economy, a tracking firm said Thursday.San Diego-based MDA DataQuick said 6,334 homes sold in the nine-county area last month, down from 7,879 in September 2009. Sales fell 5.4 percent from 6,698