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Cashing Out

Rising interest rates combined with flattening home values are making home-owners think about getting out while the getting's good. Marketplace's Janet Babin reports.

Those house prices just aren't skyrocketing like they have been. Time to take the money and run? (Photo: David McNew / (c) Getty Images)

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