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Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas in Maryland and Virginia saw something in September that not many places across the country have seen; an increase in home prices. Unfortunately, while the prices increased, the median sale price did fall a bit.
Sales were up almost 19% …

We lost 598,000 jobs in January, the largest amount of job losses since 1974. That means that during the recession, the United States has lost 3.6 million jobs.
In other January figures:
• Factories slashed 207,000 jobs. That was the largest one-month drop since October 1982, partly …