"Our analysis of the U.S. housing market in recent years finds little evidence to support the existence of a national home price bubble," senior economist Jonathan McCarthy and vice president Richard Peach said.

The study has important implications for Federal Reserve policy because evidence of housing bubbles in both Britain and Australia has influenced their central banks to raise interest rates in the past year to cool the market.

While the Federal Reserve is widely expected to start raising its benchmark rate at a policy meeting next week, officials have said they want to get the 1.0 percent federal funds rate back up to levels more consistent with a strong economy, and are not targeting housing prices.

Central bank figures show households hold about $14.6 trillion in real estate, or one-third more than the entire U.S. gross domestic product.

Apartment properties in Las Vegas are growing in value as the trend toward condominium conversions gains momentum and the predominantly blue-collar work force is slowly squeezed out of the housing market, a real estate broker said.

Demand and desirability for multifamily investment are increasing in conjunction with the dramatic rise in development here, David Baird, senior adviser for Sperry Van Ness in Las Vegas, said Friday.

He recently represented Levy & Associates of Los Angeles in the purchase of the 346-unit Kimberly Apartments for $14.5 million and said he has about $400 million in acquisitions under contract.

Baird said he's seeing prices in the range of $40,000 to $50,000 a unit for "C" properties such as Kimberly Gardens, which was built in 1973 at 895 Sierra Vista Drive and is being considered for a condo conversion.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales jumped unexpectedly by 2.6% to a record high in May as an improving job market fueled home buying while mortgage rates remained relatively low, a trade association said Friday.

Sales of previously owned homes rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.80 million units in May from a downwardly revised 6.63 million unit pace in April, the National Association of Realtors said.

Analysts had been expecting a 6.50 million unit rate. Also Friday, a University of Michigan survey said consumer sentiment improved in June.

The final survey of consumer confidence for June showed the sentiment index at 95.6, up from 90.2 in May, according to sources who saw the subscription- only report.

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