MORE SIGNS THAT THE STATE'S HOUSING INDUSTRY IS RECOVERING. THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO SAYS A LITTLE MORE THAN 15-THOUSAND HOMES WERE SOLD LAST YEAR ACROSS THE STATE...AN INCREASE OF 13 PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IT'S ALSO THE HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE 2007.

MEDIAN HOME PRICES WERE UP A BIT LAST YEAR...BUT STILL 10 PERCENT LOWER THAN THE 2008 HIGH OF 188-THOUSAND DOLLARS.