| Residential real-estate prices increased in the year ended August by the most in two years, a sign housing will continue to boost U.S. economic growth.
The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 cities rose 2 percent from August 2011, the biggest year-to-year gain since July 2010, after climbing 1.2 percent the prior month, the group said today in New York. The median forecast of 25 economists in a Bloomberg survey projected a 1.9 percent gain...............................................Full Article: Source
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