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Home Sales Increase 3 Percent in July in Lakeland, Fla., Area.

By Rachel Pleasant, The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 26--LAKELAND, Fla.--There's been busier times for Nancy Higgins-Landerville, a Winter Haven Realtor.

"I know there's been sales but I've been particularly slow," Higgins-Landerville said. "I think it has a lot to do with people who have kids in school. They wanted to close before school started. I was busier in June."

Despite Higgins-Landerville's slow sales the past few weeks, East Polk was the only part of the county to experience a year-to-year increas

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