The rebound in home prices is picking up steam, with the Case Shiller home price indexes growing at their fastest pace since mid-2006 in a year-over-year basis.

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Hotel staff will even dog sit while you explore the city, and just in case you're feeling left out, there's a steam room and spa, strictly for Homo sapiens.

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Councillor Steve Reade said the community had been "steam-rollered" and presented with "a done deal before that was even the case".

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