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Mar. 19--Bay Area home sale prices rose for the fifth-straight month while the number of homes sold fell for the second-consecutive month on a year-to-year basis as some buyers are finding it harder to get into a home due to worries about job security, a lack of inventory and difficulty getting financing.
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Mar. 19--Kent Mitchell was a construction superintendent with Rockford Homes in Vancouver when the national recession hit in 2008.
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Mar. 19--The median price of houses sold in Santa Clara County rose 21 percent last month compared to the same time last year, as more high-end homes changed hands.
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Mar. 19--Despite months of declining home prices, new data shows that South Florida sellers are still asking too much for their homes, then slashing prices when they don't sell -- a sign that buyers and sellers are still struggling to define fair market value in the aftermath of a boom-and-bust market.
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Mar. 19--Rebecca Hall and her 6-year-old son have moved six times in the two years she's been waiting on a housing choice voucher.
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LOS ANGELES - The median home price in California recorded its fourth consecutive month of year-to-year increases after more two years of declines, suggesting that a lasting recovery may be taking hold, a tracking firm reported.
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Mar. 19--Peninsula-area home sales improved by 7 percent in February, compared to February 2009.
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Mar. 19--TAMPA -- Home prices are lower than they have been in years, and there are plenty of properties to choose from.
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Mar. 18--BROOKSVILLE -- A tracking device led to the arrest of a Spring Hill man suspected of burglarizing vacant homes and stealing appliances.
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Mar. 19--A construction company is suing the Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority for racial discrimination and breach of contract in its work on a construction project for the housing authority.