For those keeping track of the pulse of the real estate market, a recent report sums it up well...
"CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading residential property information, analytics and services provider, today released its January CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI®) report. Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 12 percent in January 2014 compared to January 2013."
The article continues... "Excluding distressed sales, home prices nationally increased 9.8 percent in January 2014 compared to January 2013 and 0.7 percent month over month compared to December 2013. Distressed sales include short sales and real estate owned (REO) transactions."
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