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Las Vegas-area home sales rose to a six-year high for the month of May as the number of transactions above $200,000 increased sharply from last year, making up for fairly flat sales for lower-cost properties. With foreclosure resales at the lowest level since late 2007, the median sale price rose...

The median price paid for a home in the Phoenix area last month rose to a 41-month high, increasing on a year-over-year basis for the sixth month in a row. The region’s overall sales trended slightly higher as mid- to high-end activity jumped again, compensating for a sharp ongoing slide in sales...

June 14, 2012 An estimated 41,790 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide last month. That was up 9.3 percent from 38,241 in April, and up 17.6 percent from 35,536 in May 2011. Last month's sales were the highest for any May since 54,099 homes sold in May 2006. Sales have increased on a y...

June 14, 2012   La Jolla, CA.--Bay Area home sales held at a six-year high last month as activity rose across the price spectrum, with the $500,000-plus market logging the biggest gains from last year. The trend toward more mid- to high-end deals, coupled with fewer foreclosures re-selling, helpe...

June 13, 2012 La Jolla, CA---The Southland housing market continued its long, step-by-tiny-step trek back toward normalcy in May, when the median sale price rose year-over-year for the second consecutive month, reaching a 20-month high. Home sales increased across the region but the gains were hi...

The number of homes sold in the Denver region rose year-over-year for the fourth month in a row in April but remained well below average. The median sale price edged above the year-ago mark for the second consecutive month and reached its highest level since June 2011, a real estate information s...

June 7, 2012 Miami-area home sales rose modestly in April compared with March but fell slightly short of the year-ago level as sales continued to drop for homes priced below $200,000, offsetting gains in higher price ranges. Price measures increased again, with the region's overall median sale pr...

Portland-area home sales rose year-over-year for the 10th consecutive month in April as the portion of sales to investors and other absentee buyers hit a new high. The median sale price inched up from a year earlier for the second month in a row as distressed property sales held at about 40 perce...

We all know the factors that make your home more valuable - views, updated kitchen, proximity to the ocean or a lake (or the freeway, on the downside). But, distance from a Walmart as a predictor of home values? Apparently so. CNNMoney has outlined a new study by economists Devin Pope at the Uni...