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More Americans interviewed by Fannie Mae for its national housing survey are optimistic about their financial prospects and the housing market in the coming year. Most respondents believe home prices will edge up at least 0.8% over the next 12 months. That is up from predictions of a 0.2% increase in November. About 40% of those surveyed expect their financial situations to improve in 2012 and another 39% said their situation will remain the same. More than one-fifth of respondents said their income is now significantly higher than it was […]