Todd & Lisa Sheppard

Real Estate Week: Bay Area Leads U.S. in Home Price Gains; Homeownership Still Lags

News this week of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious: The Bay Area is No. 1 in the nation for home price gains since January 2009. In just the month of August, homes prices were up 5.3 percent from a year earlier. Also: Americans remain wary of home ownership, and the collateral cost of foreclosures is nearly $2 trillion.

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