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Index of affordability in New Hampshire tied for poorest showing in 2025
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Home prices in the Manchester-Nashua region rose by 0.3 percent in December 2014 from a month earlier, according to property information firm CoreLogic.
The firm reported that on a year-over-year basis, sale prices rose by 1.8 percent from December 2013.
The prices include distressed sales.
Excluding distressed sales, year-over-year prices increased by 3.1 percent in December 2014 compared to December 2013, according to CoreLogic. On a month-over-month basis, excluding distressed sales, home prices decreased by 0.3 percent in December 2014 compared to November 2014, the firm reported.
The firm said that home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 5 percent in December 2014 compared to December 2013.
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