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The National Association of Realtors (NAR), whose members are known as Realtors, is North America's largest trade association.
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S. home prices rose in March and in the first quarter of the year, according to a government index released Wednesday, highlighting a trend of gradual stabilization as the market finds its footing after a severe bust.Home prices rose 1.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis in March from a month earlier, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's monthly home-price index. Compared with a year earlier, home prices were up 2.7%.The results were better than forecast. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had expected a 0.5% monthly increase. Prices in February were up 0.3% from a month earlier, unchanged from the previous estimate.On a quarterly basis, home prices rose 0.6% in the January-to-March period from the last quarter in 2011. They were up 0.5% from the same quarter in 2011, the first year-over-year increase since the second quarter of 2007."Increased affordability and a somewhat smaller inventory of homes for sale are positively impacting house prices," said Andrew Leven...======================================================= Existing Home Sales Apr Mar ! Consensus: ! Total Sales: 4.62M 4.47Mr ! 4.60M ! % Change: +3.4% -2.8%r ! Actua...
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