By Michael Davis
While some regions of the U.S. are experiencing what some fear may be a housing "bubble" – home prices skyrocketing in only short periods of time, only to burst and come tumbling back down – housing insiders in the south metro area say home prices here are rising at very reasonable and steady rates.
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