U.S. Treasury Secretary: U.S. housing market situation is still grim.

<P>: Http://finance. Telecommunications, housing sales downturn will continue for the next few months, while the nation's largest homebuilders, one of the quarterly loss was much higher than expected level, which reinforced the U.S. housing industry .bleak prospects. .</ P> <P> • U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson (Hank Paulson) said yesterday that the housing market situation is still grim, he warned that the housing market is not about signs of improvement. .</ P> <P> National Association of Realtors (National Association of Realtors), said last November pending home sales index (Pending Home Sales Index) fell by 2.6 percentage points, after two months the index rose slightly .. .This index measures that have signed but not yet completed home sales contract. .</ P> <P> 11 for the index fell 19.2% over the same period. .</ P>.