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numbers today are mixed, basically flat or just a tiny increase in march from the month before. but add that news with other recent reports showing strong housing starts, homes sales and rising builder sentiment, and you get a pattern. >> what you see is a pattern of increasing stability, maybe even hints of gathering strength. >> reporter: the s&p case shiller index shows prices in the top 20 cities rose 0.1% in march after rising 0.2% in february. look deeper, and the news gets better. prices fell in four cities in march but rose in 16 others. >> don't celebrate yet, but at least h...

last spring. as darren gersh reports from washington, there are some encouraging signs. >> reporter: at a first glance, the s&p/case-shiller home price numbers today are mixed, basically flat or just a tiny increase in march from the month before. but add that news with other recent reports showing strong housing starts, homes sales and rising builder sentiment, and you get a pattern. >> what you see is a pattern of increasing stability, maybe even hints of gathering strength. >> reporter: the s&p case shiller index shows prices in the top 20 cities rose 0.1% in march after rising 0....

the s&p/case-shiller home price numbers today are mixed, basically flat or just a tiny increase in march from the month before. but add that news with other recent reports showing strong housing starts, homes sales and rising builder sentiment, and you get a pattern. >> what you see is a pattern of increasing stability, maybe even hints of gathering strength. >> reporter: the s&p case shiller index shows prices in the top 20 cities rose 0.1% in march after rising 0.2% in february. look deeper, and the news gets better. prices fell in four cities in march but rose in 16 others. >> don...

>> susie: good evening, everyone. remarkable earnings from apple today. after the market closed, apple's quarterly results blew away even the most optimistic estimates. tom, profits surged 94%. >> tom: these are big numbers. they were remarkable. apelt earned $12.30 a share in the fiscal quarter. $2 better than estimates. revenues also came in better than expected: $39.2 billion. >> susie: this is the best quarter ever for tech innovator apple, and the stock surged as much as 5% in hours after trading. suzanne pratt is standing by with more. >> reporter: susie, nervousness about appl...

>> susie: good evening, everyone. remarkable earnings from apple today. after the market closed, apple's quarterly results blew away even the most optimistic estimates. tom, profits surged 94%. >> tom: these are big numbers. they were remarkable. apelt earned $12.30 a share in the fiscal quarter. $2 better than estimates. revenues also came in better than expected: $39.2 billion. >> susie: this is the best quarter ever for tech innovator apple, and the stock surged as much as 5% in hours after trading. suzanne pratt is standing by with more. >> reporter: susie, nervousness about appl...