Labels:reckoner OCR: OUR CONSUMER COMFORT INDEX JANUARY DECEMBER YEAR AGO As the new year be- gan, the MONEY/ABC consumer poll index rebounded abit. Even so only 28% of Amer icans think that their homes will rise 17 value this vear YS 37% last year South- erners are the gloomi est Westerners the most optimistic. Americans who think the walue of their houses will increase 1992