Home sales up 0.8% from March to April
Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity stood 11.5% above levels in april 2011
The size of the year-over-year increase reflects a slowdown in sales last April following changes to mortgage rules which came into effect on March 18, 2011
The number of newly listed homes edged back 0.2% from March to April.
The national average home price edged up 0.9% on a year-over-year basis in April.
