See larger Autumn Nurton, 24, stands in front of the flooded house that she hoped to buy in New Orleans in late April. Although vast swaths of this hurricane-battered city are still without electricity and basic services, residential real estate sales are at a fever pitch, a shining spot in an otherwise struggling economy.

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Autumn Nurton, 24, stands in front of the flooded house that she hoped to buy in New Orleans in late April. Although vast swaths of this hurricane-battered city are still without electricity and basic services, residential real estate sales are at a fever pitch, a shining spot in an otherwise struggling economy.

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