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We were pleasantly surprised that, on the same day, the \u003Cem>Wall Street Journal\u003C\u002Fem> decided to run a front page story titled, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.wsj.com\u002Farticles\u002Fu-s-home-price-growth-remained-robust-in-march-case-shiller-says-1464699847\">“Housing Recovery Picks Up Steam”\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Cem>(article available to WSJ subscribers)\u003C\u002Fem>.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Fsimplifyingmedia\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F06\u002F01161357\u002F20160602-WSJ-STM.jpg","Yesterday, we ran a post quoting major housing experts on the increasing strength of the U.S. housing market. We were pleasantly surprised that, on the same day, the \u003Cem>Wall Street Journal\u003C\u002Fem> decided to run a front page story titled, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.wsj.com\u002Farticles\u002Fu-s-home-price-growth-remained-robust-in-march-case-shiller-says-1464699847\">“Housing Recovery Picks Up Steam”\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Cem>(article available to WSJ subscribers)\u003C\u002Fem>.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F06\u002FWSJ.jpeg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-33552\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F06\u002FWSJ.jpeg\" alt=\"Wall Street Journal: Housing Recovery Picks Up Steam | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nThe first paragraph of the article says it best:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“Home prices are back to near-record highs across the U.S. amid rising demand and supply constraints, a sign that the \u003Cstrong>lopsided housing-market recovery of the past five years is gaining some strength\u003C\u002Fstrong>.” \u003C\u002Fem>(emphasis added).\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>What about the struggles in the economy?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\nSome openly question how the real estate market can be gaining ground if the overall economy is still struggling. 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