Home prices in the Twin Cities metro are increasing at almost the same pace as the national average. CoreLogic said this morning that single-family home prices in Twin Cities increased 5.1 percent from January 2014 to January 2015 compared with a 5.7 percent increase nationwide. The report also said that was the 35th month of consecutive year-over-year increases, and that from December to January prices increased 1.1 percent. Local data also shows that home prices are on the rise, we'll have a full February report sometime next week.
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