Here's a small glimmer of hope on the housing front: Futures traders are betting that home prices in San Francisco will start soaring again by next year -- as much as 10.8 percent by August 2009. The projected increase might have to do with the resilience that some high-tech companies in the area are demonstrating. Traders also see prices climbing in Washington, D.C., and Chicago. The following slides show what traders, betting on housing futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, expect for the largest metropolitan markets.
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