Photo: #A foreclosed home in St. Paul that will soon be up for a sheriff's auction. Local housing experts say foreclosures should be counted only when a sheriff's sale is complete, but a national housing research and foreclosure listing company disagrees.
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A foreclosed home in St. Paul that will soon be up for a sheriff's auction. Local housing experts say foreclosures should be counted only when a sheriff's sale is complete, but a national housing research and foreclosure listing company disagrees. (MPR Photo/Annie Baxter)

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The year in housing

Broadcast: Midmorning, 01/05/2012, 9:06 a.m.

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There has been some mixed news about the housing industry lately. By the end of 2011 new housing starts were up and home buying had increased slightly, but -inventory was down and prices continued to be at all time lows. How can we sum up the year in housing and what can we look for in 2012?

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  • Guy Cecala: CEO and Publisher "Inside Mortgage Finance."
  • Prentiss Cox: Vaughan G. Papke Professor of Clinical Law at University of Minnesota.

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