Thursday, August 30, 2012

House Price Index


US house prices rebound reports S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index
Global Property Guide
The U.S. property industry had shown better growth momentum in the first semester as the latest S.&P./Case-Shiller Home Price Index showed house prices recovering in hard-hit areas like Detroit, Miami, and Atlanta. Home prices moved up for the first ...
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Residential property prices fall 13.6% in year to July
Irish Times
The slight rise in prices in the month of July compares with a drop of 1.1 per cent in June and a decline of 0.8 per cent in July 2011, according to the Residential Property Price Index published by the Central Statistics Office. In Dublin, residential ...
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Irish Times
Global Real Estate Investment Snapshot Unpleasant
NuWire Investor
Good news: The US housing market seems to be recovering. The Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) seasonally adjusted purchase-only house price index in the US rose 1.12% year-on-year in Q2 2012, in sharp contrast with the 8.76% decline during ...
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Home prices tick upward
Post-Bulletin
After 16 straight quarters of falling home values, the Rochester metropolitan statistical area reported a 0.32 percent uptick in prices in the second quarter of the year, according to house price index from the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the ...
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Toronto housing market has seen 'considerable softening' just since May
Toronto Star
Canada's three largest housing markets have undergone "considerable softening" just since May, largely thanks to the condo boom, according to the Teranet-National Bank House Price Index for July. Toronto resale home prices are still gaining ground, but ...
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Housing market still in the doldrums
Mortgage Finance Gazette Online
Widespread joy at the Land Registry's House Price Index is unfounded, according to chartered surveyors e.surv. According to the Registry prices were up 0.8 per cent month-on-month in July, as well as increasing 0.3 per cent on July 2011. However, e ...
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Residential and commercial property prices in Malta
Times of Malta
The PIR in Chart 1 is an estimate based on the property price index of the Central Banks of Malta and the average price of property used by Falzon, Zammit & Camilleri (Quarterly Review, CBM, 2005:1). Income data and total number of employees were ...
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Rising House Prices: The Good Fortune Spreads
iStockAnalyst
On the heels of a rash of pretty good news related to residential real estate—including today's pending home sales report—the June S&P/Case-Shiller report on housing prices checks in with positive monthly gains across all markets in its 20-city ...
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Blogs2 new results for House Price Index
 
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The June 2012 S&P Case Shiller home price index shows a 0.5% price increase from a year ago for over 20 metropolitan housing markets and a 0.1% change for the top 10 housing markets from June 2011. Not seasonally adjusted home ...
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House prices nationally rising again but Dublin apartments down 3.9 ...
By namawinelake
This morning has seen the publication of the Central Statistics Office (CSO) residential property price indices for Ireland for July 2012. Here's the summary showing the indices at their peak (various months in 2007 depending on type of ...
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Web2 new results for House Price Index
 
Latest Housing Price Data Confirm Housing Bottom Is Underway ...
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Atlanta home price index at 16-year low | www.ajc.com
Home prices fell much more sharply in metro Atlanta than in other U.S. cities in ... dropped when the housing bubble burst and then stabilized just above 100.
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Housing Market Index


Housing Market Showing Further Signs Of Recovery
Seeking Alpha
The housing recovery is gathering strength as another data release shows further gains. The National Association of Realtors reported that Pending Sales of Previously Owned Homes rebounded in July. The Pending Sales of Previously Owned Homes Index, ...
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Housing market on the upswing, but New York lags behind
New York Daily News
The country's beleaguered housing market is finally turning the corner - though the New York area appears to be lagging behind. The closely watched S&P/Case-Shiller Index of property values in 20 cities rose 0.5% in June compared with June 2011, its ...
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New York Daily News
Housing Market Improvements Lessen Consumer Distress
New York Times (blog)
Improvement in the nation's housing markets has helped ease consumer financial woes, according to a quarterly report from a large credit counseling agency. For the first time in nearly four years, the Consumer Distress Index, published by the nonprofit ...
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New York Times (blog)
Canadian Property Market Balanced, Experts Say
NuWire Investor
Unlike average price, the MLS® Home Price Index (MLS® HPI) is not affected by changes in the mix of sales, so it provides a better gauge of Canadian home price trends. The index tracks home price trends in five of Canada's most active housing markets, ...
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Nunziata: What Shape Is the Housing Market Really In?
CNBC.com (blog)
Two key components in analyzing the health of the housing market are home prices and the amount of housing inventory. Mortgage companies frequently review the Case-Shiller Home Price Index to follow trends in the housing market. This week's ...
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US STOCKS-Wall St up after housing data; volume lowest of year
Reuters
An index of housing shares was up 0.5 percent. "We're seeing consistently good numbers out of the housing market. It's hard to get too negative on the U.S. economy with the housing market doing better than expected," said Paul Zemsky, chief investment ...
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Realtors' pending home sales index shows a recovering market
Detroit Free Press
The Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller index released Tuesday showed the first year-over-year increase in home prices since September 2010. Still, the housing market has a long way to go to reach a full recovery. Some economists forecast that sales of ...
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Web3 new results for Housing Market Index
 
Improving Markets Index: Victoria, TX MSA « Eye on Housing
NAHB recently unveiled an index that tracks housing markets on the mend, the NAHB/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI). The IMI is intended to draw ...
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Case-Shiller index: Housing market may finally be in recovery ...
The U.S. housing market is strengthening, with home prices up across the board in the second quarter, according to Fiserv Inc.'s S&P Case-Shiller home price ...
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Case-Shiller Index Atlanta - Real Estate News and
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

House Price Index


It's Not Just Case-Shiller: Almost Every House Price Index Everywhere Has ...
Business Insider
This morning's Case Shiller report for June showed prices in the 20 city composite rising YoY for the first time since 2007, with the exception of a few months during the $8000 home buying tax credit in 2010. Prices were up +0.5% YoY, and were also up ...
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Canada house prices climb to record; pace of rise cools
Reuters
The Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index released on Wednesday showed overall prices climbed 0.7 percent in July from a month earlier. The index, which measures price changes for repeat sales of single-family homes, was up 4.8 percent ...
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HOUSING: House prices rise nationally, slip in SD County, index says
North County Times
House prices perked up nationally in June for the first time in two years, but San Diego County's house prices slipped a little when compared to June 2011, extending an 18-month down streak, a key house price index said Tuesday. On a monthly basis ...
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News Summary: Stocks end mixed after house prices rise and consumer ...
Washington Post
By Associated Press, AP. HOUSE PRICES UP: House prices increased in all major U.S. cities in June, according to the closely watched Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home-price index. It was the latest sign that the housing market has been gaining strength.
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Consumer Confidence Crash Stifles Gains from Housing Report
MarketWatch
The major American stock indices made modest gains by mid-day on Tuesday, despite a surprisingly positive Case-Shiller House Price Index. The report disclosed that all three headline composites ended the second quarter of 2012 with positive annual ...
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Housing Price Index Shows First Year-Over-Year Increase in 21 Months
Firedoglake
The housing recovery narrative got a boost today from the Case-Shiller price index, which went positive year-over-year for the first time since a first-time homebuyer's tax credit goosed the numbers in 2010. So really, this is the first year-over-year ...
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Welsh house prices rise but outlook is flat: index
FT Adviser
Property prices in region rose by 2.1 per cent from June 2011 to June 2012, while house sales rose by more than twice than the expected increase, figures from LSL Property Services/Acadametrics E&W monthly house price index have revealed. Richard ...
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FT Adviser
House prices rise 0.8% in July
The Guardian (blog)
Mark Harris of mortgage broker SPF Private Clients, said the Land Registry data was "less gloomy" than some of the other house price indices "yet the housing market in parts of the country really is suffering". The most up-to-date figures show that ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Confidence data outweighs house prices to sour US stocks
The Australian
Investors digested a string of economic news. Home prices rose during June across major metropolitan areas for the first time since 2010, according to S&P/Case-Shiller home-price indexes. "The feeling is that housing is coming out very slowly from a ...

Housing Market Index


Stocks mixed in thin trading; housing prices up, oil creeps over $96 a barrel
MassLive.com
real estate sold sign.JPG House prices increased in all major U.S. cities in June, according to the closely watched Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home-price index. The report was the latest sign that the housing market has been gaining strength. NEW ...
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MassLive.com
Canada house prices up 0.7 pct in July from June - Teranet
Reuters
... home prices rose in July from June to hit a record high for a third consecutive month, but the slower pace of gains and falling prices in Vancouver suggested the housing market is cooling, the Teranet-National bank Composite House Price Index ...
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Case-Shiller index: Housing market may finally be in recovery
Puget Sound Business Journal (blog)
The positive posting was enough to prompt David Blitzer, chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, to suggest the housing market has finally regained its health. "We seem to be witnessing exactly what we needed for a sustained recovery, ...
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US Stocks Rise After Upbeat Housing Data
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK--Stocks rose as traders shrugged off a regional request for bailout funds in Spain after an upbeat reading from the housing market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently rose eight points, or 0.1%, to 13133. The index ended Monday down ...
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Hottest and coldest US housing markets
OregonLive.com
U.S. home prices rose in June from the same month last year, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index released Tuesday. Steady increases have contributed to a housing recovery that began earlier this year. And most markets are ...
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U.S. home prices continue upward move in June
MarketWatch
Even with the gains, prices have still fallen a long way from their 2006 peaks — roughly 31%. The Case-Shiller index is unique in that it measures prices on a three-month rolling basis, so June's figures include transactions in April and May. Other ...
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Optimistic housing prices report, but tempered reaction
Washington Post (blog)
Although a national report on home prices for the second quarter was optimistic, some housing analysts tempered their enthusiasm about the housing market's recovery. The three composites measured by the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index ...
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Web4 new results for Housing Market Index
 
Signs of Housing Recovery - Graphic - NYTimes.com
N.A.H.B./Wells Fargo. Housing Market index. Seasonally adjusted annual rate. An index level above 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as "good." ...
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Can the U.S. Housing Market Continue this Recovery? - Money ...
The U.S. housing market has shown some encouraging signs of a rebound – but is this ... The Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller Home Price Index released today ...
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AP's D'Innocenzio Doesn't Understand How Consumer Confidence ...
The results are the latest swing in the index, which has been on a rollercoaster. ... August's reading indicates that the gains in the job and housing markets aren't ...
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Some States Rank High on 'Housing Misery' Index | Realtor Magazine
Are some housing markets still suffering from the blues? Trulia's Housing Misery Index takes into account the percentage of change in home prices from a state's ...
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Market Rent Index


Dollar CEO Seen Making $82 Million Scoring 141-Fold Gain
Businessweek
Rental-car companies buy them, rent them for a few months or a few years and then sell them, either back to the automaker or on the open market. ... Dollar Thrifty has traded at a premium to the index on a price-to-sales ratio (DTG) since early last year.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Market Rent Index


Slow stock day: Apple only standout, Hertz and Dollar Thrify shares up
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Apple's move wasn't the biggest on the stock market Monday. Best Buy, Hertz, Dollar Thrifty and other companies all moved by bigger percentages. But the Nasdaq composite index and Standard & Poor's 500 index are weighted by stock market value, so the ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

House Price Index


Case-Shiller: Home prices rose in June in all 20 cities
USA TODAY
... Chicago and Atlanta recorded the biggest one-month gains. "The combined positive news coming from both monthly and annual rates of change in home prices bode well for the housing market," said David Blitzer, chairman of the S&P's index committee.
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USA TODAY
US stocks open lower; housing prices rise in June and oil prices cross $96 a ...
Washington Post
The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index is down two to 1,407, and the Nasdaq composite index is down four to 3,068. The price of a house increased in all major U.S. cities in June, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index.
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Housing Prices Have a New Cliff to Climb
Wall Street Journal
Housing has improved considerably since then. The question is how durable the recovery will prove. S&P/Case-Shiller home-price data due Tuesday should underscore the improving trend. The main 20-city, composite home-price index for June is expected ...
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Wall Street Journal
Supply and demand imbalance pushes prices down
MyIntroducer.com
Hometrack have released their monthly House Price Index indicating that the widening gap between supply and demand is pushing prices down. Key statistics - Monthly price change: -0.1% (the same as in July) - % change in new buyers registering with ...
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Conix, Inc. to Offer Home Price Protection Guarantees With REO Properties
Sacramento Bee
At time of contract, the EquityLock® Protection contract uses the local House Price Index (HPI) provided by the Federal Housing Finance Agency at www.fhfa.gov to determine market movement for future claim payments. After a two year waiting period, ...
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US homebuilder ETFs boom as house prices and sales rebound
ETF Strategy
US homebuilder ETFs, such as the iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction Index ETF (ITB), have rallied strongly this year as house prices and sales have rebound. Leading the pack has been the highly targeted iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction ...
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ETF Strategy
Why Home Prices Are Rising: The 'Distressed Share'
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The decline in the distressed share is important for the housing market, and especially for home-price indexes like Case-Shiller. Because banks are faster to cut prices to unload inventory than are mom-and-pop sellers, home values can fall further as ...
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US home prices post first 12-month gain since 2010
Syracuse.com
"The combined positive news coming from both monthly and annual rates of change in home prices bode well for the housing market," said David Blitzer, chairman of the S&P's index committee. The S&P/Case-Shiller monthly index covers roughly half of U.S. ...
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Housing Market Index


Housing Market: 3 Charts That Show Improvement Continued In August
Seeking Alpha
Back in July, the National Association of Homebuilders reported that the Housing Market Index increased dramatically to a reading of 35. Analysts had expected the index to rise to 30 after reading 29 in the previous month. "Builder confidence increased ...
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US Stock-Index Futures Fluctuate Before Confidence Data
Bloomberg
U.S. stock-index futures fluctuated between gains and losses before reports on consumer confidence and house prices. PVH Corp., owner of the Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands, jumped in late U.S. trading after raising its full-year profit forecast.
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US home prices post first 12-month gain since '10
San Antonio Express
"The combined positive news coming from both monthly and annual rates of change in home prices bode well for the housing market," said David Blitzer, chairman of the S&P's index committee. The S&P/Case-Shiller monthly index covers roughly half of U.S. ...
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Home prices gain for fifth month in June: S&P
CNBC.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home prices rose more than expected in June, the fifth month in a row of gains in a fresh sign of improvement in the housing market, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday. The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 ...
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Rent Price Index


Case-Shiller Home Prices Finally Show Year-over-Year Gain in June 2012
Global Economic Intersection
Case-Shiller home price index was the only index showing a significant year-over-year home price decline. The National Association of Realtors and CoreLogic have reported year-over-year home price gains. Note the caveats section at the end of this post.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

House Price Index


Dutch Housing Prices Tumble
Wall Street Journal
House prices fell 8% from a year earlier, statistics bureau CBS said Tuesday, the largest decline in the 17-year history of the agency's house-price index. Prices fell 4.4% in June and 5.5% in May. "This is more than we had expected. The rate of ...
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House prices halved in five years
The Press Association
The latest snapshot of the market has shown that prices continue to tumble, falling by 11% in the last year. The figures are contained in the official Residential Property Price Index for the second quarter of this year. The index is compiled using ...
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Wales house prices rise by 2.1%
The Press Association
According to the latest LSL Acad Wales house price index (HPI), the mean figure for a property in the principality now stands at £152195 - an increase of 2.1% compared with 2011. It says the most expensive county to buy a home in is the Vale of ...
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Dow Jones Industrial Average Sees Red Ahead of Fed, Housing
Schaeffers Research
Weekly jobless claims, the FHFA House Price Index, new home sales, and the minutes from the latest Federal Reserve policy setting meeting hit the Street today, while Aruba Networks (ARUN), Autodesk (ADSK), Big Lots (BIG), Hormel Foods (HRL), ...
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The Retail Price Index in July went down by 0.65%
Gozo News
A downward movement in the price of fruit underlay a decrease of 0.47 per cent in the Food Index. Discounted prices of household textiles and carpets caused the Household Equipment and House Maintenance Cost Index to go down by 0.25 per cent.
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Global house prices ease but not in NZ
The Aucklander
ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley said house prices here had stayed high compared to incomes and would likely continue to rise. "We may look like we're over-valued ... Spain 22% * Britain 17% * Italy 15%. Source: The Economist global house price index ...
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Recommended: Housing headaches in swing states emerge as campaign issue
NBCNews.com (blog)
Those two states, deemed strategically vital by pundits and election "tossups" by pollsters, also share top rungs on the "Housing Misery Index." The ranking ... In Reno the median sales price has fallen to $165300 from $193800. Meanwhile, Nevada's ...
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NBCNews.com (blog)
Housing-Related Assets Attractive as Prices Bottom, Pimco Says
Bloomberg
U.S. home prices, after declining 35 percent through February from a 2006 peak, gained 3.6 percent through May, according to an S&P/Case Shiller index of values in 20 large metropolitan areas, fueling speculation that a recovery is under way. The slump ...
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Toll Brothers 3rd-quarter profit climbs as company delivers more homes at ...
Washington Post
The index hasn't been in positive territory since April 2006, the peak of the housing boom. For the three months ... Yearley said the housing recovery is being driven by low interest rates, attractive home prices and pent-up demand. Toll Brothers ...
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Web2 new results for House Price Index
 
Philadelphia Regional House Price Indices
Disclaimers and Acknowledgments: Econsult Corporation provides these house prices indices free of charge to the public. The indices are produced by Econsult ...
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Still Getting the Housing Bubble Wrong | Beat the Press
House prices today are pretty much in line with their long-term trend as we can see from the real Case-Shiller house prices index. prices-building-costs-8-2012 ...
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