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Pending home sales were up 33.7 percent in Miami-Dade County in August compared to the same month last year, according to data released Thursday by Miami Realtors.

Pending sales — signed contracts that have not yet closed — were up to 10,119 last month, compared to 7,570 in August of last year in Miami-Dade County. Month-over-month, pending sales were up 0.6 percent.

For condos, 5,759 pending sales represented a 49.7 percent increase over the same month last year, and a decrease of 0.7 percent for the month.

For single-family homes, last month’s 4,360 signed contracts represented an increase of 17.1 percent compared to last August.