latimes.com - 7/29/2009
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Cleveland, Dallas and San Francisco showed the largest gains in May figures released Tuesday, but Los Angeles prices continued to fall. The index was the latest surprise following reports showing monthly gains in new-home sales and housing starts nationwide, and higher median home sales prices ...
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From David Streitfeld at the NY Times: Recovery Signs in Housing Market Stir Some Hope After a plunge lasting three years, houses have finally become cheap enough to lure buyers. That, in turn, is stabilizing prices, generating hope that the real estate market is beginning to recover. From Peter Hong at the LA Times: Home prices may be stabilizing, market tracker shows Another sign emerged that the nation's struggling housing market may be nearing its bottom as a widely followed national home-price index posted its first gain in nearly ...
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