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Consumer optimism may bump into housing market reality

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Consumer optimism may bump into housing market reality More than half of U.S. consumers expect home prices in their local market to return to their bubble-era highs within the next 10 years, according to the latest American Dream survey from real estate search and marketing site Trulia. Market research firm Harris Interactive conducted the biannual …

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Increasing Rent and Asking Prices

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While reports on home prices have been mostly uninspiring, with some flickering of hope here and there, rent prices continue to make significant strides, with rent increasing more than 10 percent compared to a year ago in certain markets, according to findings Trulia released Thursday. Rent prices rose 5.6 percent in April compared to a …

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