Dallas Morning News real estate editor (and neighborhood resident) Steve Brown reports today that Dallas is one of only five markets in the nation where home prices have gone up. Of 20 cities in a Standard & Poor’s survey, he writes, "only Dallas; Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Atlanta; and Charlotte, N.C., had annual gains in home prices in the second quarter." Read the whole thing here. Brown quotes an SMU expert who warns of "hiccups" in the local market, and Brown notes that the median home price here is still only $150,000, a good $80,000 less than the national figure.

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