LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Standard home sales — the kind involving non-distressed properties — rose to a 5-year high last month, and pending home sales climbed nearly 15 percent above the previous month, the California Association of Realtors reported today.

The United States Commercial Service will hold a free, one-hour webinar April 23 beginning at 10 a.m.

Pacific time and 1 p.m. Eastern time that will introduce people to the trade opportunities available in Nigeria with the most populous country on the African continent and the fastest growing export market in the region.