Home prices are up, will the job market follow?

Marketplace Contributor Mar 26, 2013
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Home prices are up, will the job market follow?

Marketplace Contributor Mar 26, 2013
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New numbers out this morning show home prices are up by 8.1 percent over last year, the best yearly increase since 2006.

Juli Niemann, analyst with Smith, Moore & Company joins Marketplace’s Mark Garrison explain the rise and whether it will boost the job market.

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