Both showed a pickup in home price depreciation rates following the end of the home buyer tax credit programs in 2010 and now, both are seeing those depreciation rates slow down and improve.

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But the Asian producers started making more SUVs and pickup trucks in their North American factories to escape the duties, and then a rising oil-price led many motorists to abandon these often gas-guzzling vehicles.

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The heightened costs came about after falling demand during the recession led to cutbacks in supply, yet consumer demand has returned up ahead of supply, leading to the price pickup.

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