The latest numbers from the Fiserv Case-Shiller Indexes show that the housing market may finally be on solid footing again. Average U.S. home prices increased by 1.2 percent in Q2 2012 from the same quarter last year. The year-over-year increase is the first since 2006 when excluding 2010, which was influenced by the federal homebuyer's tax credit. Fiserv projects that housing prices will grow annually at a rate of 3.3 percent from mid-2012 through Q2 2017.

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