New report shows rise in Dallas-area home prices
Monday, December 22, 2008
A new housing report shows that the Dallas area is one of the few large metropolitan areas in the country where home
prices haven't fallen this year.
Four of Texas' biggest metro areas had slight price increases at the end of October compared with a year ago, the study
released Monday by First American CoreLogic said. That put them in the top four spots among 30 metropolitan areas
nationwide.
Overall home prices in the Dallas area were up 2.4 percent for the year, while the nationwide price index fell more than 10
percent.
Other recent studies have said that North Texas home prices fell between 2 percent and 4 percent in the last year. It's not
uncommon for
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