While the national condo market is recovering, analyzing condo sales activity in the top 25 condo markets by total sales reveals some very different patterns at the metro level measure. Similar to the impact it had on the rest of the market, the interest-rate rise in the second half of 2013 caused condo sales to cool off somewhat, and by June 2014 only 14 of those same markets were exhibiting increases year over year. As of June 2014, Denver led the pack with condo sales that were 16.9 percent higher than a year ago, followed by Houston (15.5 percent) and Naples, Fla. (10.8 percent). Examining a variety of real estate transaction-related data reveals that cash sales have had the largest impact on changes in condo sales. This should not be a surprise given that the cash share of condo sales was 53 percent in the first half of 2014. In fact, in some of the markets, condo cash sales almost exclusively account for all sales. For example, three of the top 25 condo markets had condo cash sales that exceeded 85 percent. Via: http://www.corelogic.com/blog/authors/sam-khater/2014/09/the-long-term-rise-of-condo-sales.aspx#