NAR: Home Prices Maintain Strong Growth: The median existing single-family home price was $217,600 in the first quarter nationwide. That is up 6.3 percent from a year ago, according to NAR’s data.

Americans Believe Real Estate is the Best Long-Term Investment: Real estate outranks stocks/mutual funds, gold, savings accounts/CDs, and bonds as the best long-term investment among Americans.

America’s great housing divide: Are you a winner or loser?: The recovery from the recession has been deeply uneven, creating winners and losers along lines of race, income and geography.