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Applications for U.S. home loans dipped in the latest week, dropping for a fourth straight week, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, fell 0.3 percent in the week ended Nov. 22. The index has fallen 7 percent over the past four weeks, dropping as investors have speculated on when the U.S. ...

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) —Home prices continued to climb in third quarter, rising 11% from a year earlier. The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index registered its first double-digit year-over-year gain since early 2006 -- just before the height of the housing bubble -- despite a recent rise in mortgage rates. However, the quarter-over-quarter gain slowed to 3%, compared with the second quarter, when prices jumped 7%. "The data suggest a market beginning to...