Boom! More good news - home prices were up 9.7% in January from a year ago.

Corelogic: Prices in January up 9.7 percent from a year ago. National home prices in January were up 9.7 percent from a year ago, the biggest annual increase since April 2006, according to data aggregator CoreLogic's home price index. The index, which tracks repeat sales of single-family homes,...

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