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    Home Sales Hit Three-Year High

    Sub-prime mortgages led the housing market into decline, one of the major factors in the Great Recession. Now the market is looking up, at least in some places. Home sales have reached their highest volume in three years, with 12 consecutive months of prices higher than the year before. It's the first time that's happened since 2006.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Sub-prime mortgages led the housing market into decline, one of the major factors in the Great Recession. Now the market is looking up, at least in some places. Home sales have reached their highest volume in three years, with 12 consecutive months of prices higher than the year before. It's the first time that's happened since 2006. We get an update from Walter Molony, spokesman for the National Association of Realtors, and Julie Schmit, who reports on housing for USA Today.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Kerry Cavanaugh

      editorial writer at the Los Angeles Times

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      Walter Molony

      National Association of Realtors

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      Julie Schmit

      USA Today

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    Obama Pushes Peace Talks on Middle East Trip
    1. 0:00Colorado Passes Three New Gun Control Bills
    2. 7:42Will President Obama Raise New Hopes for Middle East Peace?
    3. 41:59Home Sales Hit Three-Year HighYou’re reading this
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