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November 30, 2016

U.S. home prices top the pre-recession peak

  • Seattle, Portland and Denver reported the largest annual gains in September for the eighth straight month.
  • By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
    AP Economics Writer

    WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices have fully recovered from their steep plunge during the housing bust and Great Recession, according to a private measure.

    The Standard & Poor's CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index, released Tuesday, is slightly above the peak it set in July 2006, after rising 5.5 percent in September from a year earlier. The milestone comes after more than four years of steady gains.


     
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