Home prices heated up to start the year, with huge surges in Arizona and Florida, says S&P Case-Shiller report - CNBC

Home prices picked up steam again in January after a brief pullback, even as mortgage rates increased.

After cooling off ever so slightly toward the end of last year, home price gains reaccelerated in January. Home prices nationally rose 19.2% year over year in January, up from 18.9% in December, acc… [+2003 chars]

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