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‘Tappable’ Home Equity Hit $4.7 Trillion in Late 2016, a 10-Year High
April 13, 2017
Thomas Ressler
December 2016 represented the 56th straight month of annual home price appreciation, with values rising 5.5 percent over the course of the year…
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