The Dow Jones closed up 187 points on July 23, 2009.  Analysts gave credit to the improving national Real Estate Market.  Alan Zibel of the Associated Press, states that "The housing market is finally emerging from the 3 year crisis that pushed the nation into the the longest recession since the Great Depression". For the first time in 5 years, sales of previously occupied homes rose for the 3rd month in a row.

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July 24, 2009