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The Iowa farm that was featured in the 1989 move "Field of Dreams" -- and was the focus of a 2010 Inman News story (see: "Ex-major leaguer recruited to sell 'Field of Dreams' ") about the former Major League pitcher-turned-real estate broker Ken Sanders -- has found a buyer, according to The New York Times.All rights reserved. This content may not be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, in part or in whole, without written permission of Inman News.Use of this content without permission is a violation of federal copyright law.The Iowa farm that was featured in the 1989 move "Field of Dreams" -- and was the focus of a 2010 Inman News story (see: "Ex-major leaguer recruited to sell 'Field of Dreams' ") about the former Major League pitcher-turned-real estate broker Ken Sanders -- has found a buyer, according to The New York Times.All rights reserved. [Read the full article] In the latest reportby metrics company comScore Inc., the Android platform had increased its lead in smartphone market shareto 44.8 percent in the three months ending in September, a 4.6 percentage-point rise from the three months ending in June.The only other platform to see a rise was Apple's iPhone, which increased its market share by 0.8 percentage points to 27.4 percent.Research In Motion's BlackBerry saw its market share drop by the same amount Android's rose: 4.6 percentage points, to 18.9 percent. Microsoft and Symbian each saw their market share drop by 0.2 percentage points to 5.6 percent and 1.8 percent market share, respectively.Overall smartphone ownership among U.S. mobile subscribers 13 and up rose 12 percent in the three months ending in September, to 87.4 million people. That's 37.4 percent of all U.S. mobile subscribers.All rights reserved. [Read the full article] U.S. single-family home prices declined on both a monthly and annual basis in September -- the second straight month that property data firm CoreLogic reported a decline in both measures.CoreLogic's price index fell 4.1 percent year over year and dropped 1.1 percent on a month-to-month basis in September, according to a company report released today. That follows a 4.4 percent annual decline and a revised 0.3 percentmonthly decline in August.Excluding distressed sales, defined as short sales and real estate owned (REO) sales, the national index fell 1.1 percent year over year in September and fell a revised 2.2 percent year over year in August.In a statement,Mark Fleming,CoreLogic'schief economist, said the company expects "declines to continue through the winter.""Distressed sales remain a significant share of homes that do sell and are driving home prices overall," he added. [Read the full article] 
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