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Every Monday, foreclosed homes go up on the auction block, and every Monday, the banks that hold those mortgages are the only ones showing interest.

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U.S. home prices accelerated in November compared with a year ago, pushed higher by rising sales and a tighter supply of available homes.

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A measure of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes fell last month after reaching a 2 ½-year high in November. Sales were held back by a limited supply of available homes.

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Sales of new U.S. homes cooled off in December compared with November, but sales for the entire year were the best since 2009.

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The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to the lowest level in five years, evidence that employers are cutting fewer jobs and may step up hiring.

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The aftermath of the housing bust forced many homebuilders to dramatically scale back construction on new homes to avoid the risk of ending up saddled with a trove of newly built, yet unsold properties.

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U.S. sales of previously occupied homes rose in 2012 to their highest level in five years, spurred higher by record-low mortgage rates and steady hiring.

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Wisconsin's housing market is continuing to show signs of steady recovery.

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British bank HSBC will pay $249 million to settle federal complaints that its U.S. division wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have been allowed to stay in their homes.

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The number of homes for sale nationwide in December 2012 was about 17 percent lower than the number available a year prior, according to real estate trend data compiled by Realtor.com.

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