Existing Home Sales Touch Three-year High

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Thu, 03/21/2013 - 7:04am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales hit a three-year high in February and prices jumped, adding to signs of an acceleration in the housing market recovery, even though the supply of properties on the market increased.

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