Two articles ran in the Wall Street Journal this week, both by the same author, Nick Timiraos.  (click here for the article Nick wrote featuring MACK).  The first article spoke to home prices rising by their largest percentage in the last seven years during the second quarter.  Ivy Zelman, chief executive of Zelman & Associates, and one of the most respected analysts on Wall Street, was featured in the article and has officially raised her 2012 price forecast by five percent.  ”With every passing month, distressed homes are being absorbed at better and better prices” she said. (Ms. Zelman is hosting a national conference in Washington D.C. featuring the CEOs of many Fortune 500 companies, as well as MACK!)