Job growth, home prices don't add up

Story date: 2007-10-14 04:29:00
Added on: 2007-10-15 15:00:14

MSNBC - ... But he also said sharply rising home prices are being supported by fundamental economic factors including “low mortgage rates ... Compare that to the boom years of 1995-2000, when the work force expanded by 17 percent yet home prices rose only 47 ...


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