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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Housing prices continue to defy forecasts of a slowdown.

Nationally, median home prices gained 8.8 percent in the fourth quarter versus the same period in 2003, according to a National Association of Realtors (NAR) report.

Here are the figures for areas around Massachusetts (Nantucket wasn’t listed)

Boston MA 9.4% $387,800
Springfield MA 10.7% $171,200
Worcester MA 9.2% $276,500

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by Peter G. Miller

Given the reaction in some quarters, mortgage rates at 6.01 percent plus .7 points are apparently an example of financial shock and awe, the first hint of oncoming economic depression, bursting housing bubbles, and looming currency devaluations.

Relax. The fact is those allegedly-worrisome 6 percent loan levels are ludicrously cheap by the standards of recent decades and cheaper even than mortgage rates last year. The time to worry is in the future, a time which may not be so far away.

But first, the good news.

In June, 2003 we saw the lowest mortgage rate in 45 years — 5.21 percent plus .5 points. Now we’ve just topped 6 percent. Seen another way, rates have risen a …

Fran Vernon and Rowena Emmett Talk Real Estate

Announcing a new weekly radio show “Fran and Rowena Talk Real Estate” that is heard Sunday mornings at 11:00 AM on KRLA radio station AM 870.

Fran and Rowena also publish the Southern California Real Estate Blog.

Not in earshot? You can hear the program live here. Tune in, and let us know what you think. eMail us with your comments, suggestions, or questions. We will be answering eMail questions on the air, along with people who call into the station.

You can also read about the program here.

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New York Times
Published: March 25, 2005
By MOTOKO RICH and DAVID LEONHARDT

Real estate-crazed Americans have started behaving in ways that eerily recall the stock market obsession of the late 1990’s.

In Naples, Fla., some houses have been bought twice in a single day, an early-21st-century version of day trading. Buying stocks on margin has morphed into buying homes with no money down. The over-the-top parties of Internet start-ups have been replaced by flashy gatherings where developers pitch condos to eager buyers.

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By STEVE BERGSMAN
From Barron’s

July 01, 2004 — Nantucket is an island in transition — from one mogul to the next. Just ask Pepper Frazier, the proprietor of J Pepper Frazier Realty, whose own block in tiny Monomoy recently welcomed two new part-time neighbors. On one side, a Wall Street honcho shelled out $11 million for his vacation getaway. On the other, an old IBM hand named Lou Gerstner paid $12 million for a home on 1.6 acres.

A famous whaling center in the 1800s, Nantucket long has attracted captains. But today’s, mostly from Wall Street and industry, are paying more than ever before for second, third and even fourth homes on this speck of land off the Cape Cod coast. …

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Why Have One House When You Can Have Two?

Vacation houses and rentals accounted for more than a third of home sales in 2004, study finds.

By Sarah Max, CNN/Money senior writer

Where The Second Homes Are Located

According to a study released by the National Association of Realtors on Tuesday, second homes accounted for more than a third of residential real estate transactions in 2004.

Second homes typically fall under the category of vacation home or rental property, though many owners of vacation homes also rent out their property.

Still, about 23 percent of houses bought last year fell into the category of investment property, meaning that owners use the house primarily as a rental property. The number of sales in this segment increased 14 …

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