The conflicted data keeps rolling off the presses.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Home sale prices up in JanuaryAccording to data released Wednesday, the sale price of single-family existing homes rose nearly 2 percent in January 2011, compared to the same month a year before. Sales fell 6.3 percent over the same period, the data shows.
Nationally prices fell nearly 3 percent and sales were up 3.3 percent.
This is the first time since August the metro area has seen an increase in year-over-year prices. It is also the first time in well over a year metro Atlanta has beaten the national statistics and tracked ahead of the other major metro areas surveyed...
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