Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Long Island and Queens home sales dropped 25 percent in the fourth quarter and the inventory of properties surged as the housing decline hit residential areas east of Manhattan, Miller Samuel Real Estate Appraisers said.
Sales fell to 6,359 from a year earlier. The median price declined 3.2 percent to $425,000, New York-based Miller Samuel said in a report issued today. A total of 38,769 homes were on the market, 41 percent more than a year ago. The survey excludes the Hamptons.