In this Real Estate News Brief for the week ending February 29th, 2020... we have an early launch to spring sales, concern about the coronavirus, and top cities for population growth. \xa0 We begin with economic news from this past week. The spring homebuying season is off to an early start. New home sales rose 7.9% in January. That\u2019s more than 18% higher than January of last year. It\u2019s also the highest level of sales since July of 2007. That\u2019s despite higher home prices. \xa0 www.NewsForInvestors.com