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Rising prices pushed thousands of Bay Area homes back above water last year, according to a report released Wednesday, another sign that the region's housing crisis is easing as the economy recovers. The report, by the housing website Zillow, shows drops across the region in the number of homes that are underwater -- worth less than the value of their mortgages. More than 56,826 homes bobbed back above water across seven counties of the Bay Area in 2012, Zillow reported. That still leaves 205,986 homes with a total negative equity of $31.5 billion. And that negative equity is keeping thousands...

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