U.S. home resales fell in October as a persistent shortage of properties limited choice for potential buyers and pushed up prices, suggesting some softening in the pace of the housing market recovery after strong gains early this year. “The housing market is in decent shape but could be a lot better if people decided they were ready to move and listed their homes,” said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors in Holland, Pennsylvania. The National Association of Realtors said on Mondayexisting home sales declined 3.4 percent to an annual rate of5.36 million units.