A new app for mobile fleet management grabbed a lot of interest this week, while news out of New York about reconstruction and home prices also ranked among our most popular news posts.

If any of these stories are news to you today, you should check out the follow links and get caught up going into the weekend.

• Case-Shiller finds home prices up in 19 of 20 markets in 12-month look: The highly respected index found prices up 5.5% in its 20-city index and 4.5% in the 10-city comparison.
• N.Y. governor: some coastal areas wrong for reconstruction: Andrew Cuomo suggests using some Sandy relief money to take residents out of potentially hazardous areas.
• Builders' show featured slick gear for future homes: The residential housing market has been feeling good of late, and the International Builders' Show had innovations across a range of home uses.
• Concrete pourers discover success in polishing: An Iowa concrete company cares about detail, but their customers are not as picky.
• Fleet management app arrives on smart phone: NexTraq is out with a smartphone app that lets workers receive and deliver up-to-date data in the field.

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