Category Archives: Existing Home Sales and Months Supply

Director, Global Index Communications

S&P Dow Jones Indices

September 25 - 9:00 am

Data through July 2012, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed average home prices increased by 1.5% for the 10-City Composite and by 1.6% for the 20-City Composite in July versus June 2012. For the third consecutive month, all 20 cities [...]

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Sales volume still low

Maureen Maitland

Vice President

S&P Dow Jones Indices

September 5 - 11:58 am

Housing statistics for June and July 2012 were largely positive, but we still have not seen a real pickup in sales volume for more than five years. The S&P/Case-Shiller sales pair counts, NAR’s existing home sales and the US Census housing starts remain low compared to their pre-recession levels. S&P/Case-Shiller sales pairs are updated the [...]

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Home Prices Rose in the Second Quarter of 2012 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Director, Global Index Communications

S&P Dow Jones Indices

August 28 - 9:00 am

Data through June 2012, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed that all three headline composites ended the second quarter of 2012 with positive annual growth rates for the first time since the summer of 2010. To access click here: S&P/Case-Shiller Home [...]

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U.S. Existing Home Sales Rose 2.3% to 4.47 Million Units In July

Beth Ann Bovino

U.S. Deputy Chief Economist

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

August 22 - 10:20 am

U.S. existing home sales rose 2.3% m/m to an annualized 4.47 million unit rate in July, which was weaker than the 4.5 million units expected by consensus, but closer to our forecast for 4.45 million units. Existing home sales were up 10.4% over July 2011. Single family sales rose 2.1% m/m to a 3.98 million unit [...]

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Home Prices Continue to Rise in May 2012 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Director, Global Index Communications

S&P Dow Jones Indices

July 31 - 9:01 am

Data through May 2012, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed that average home prices increased by 2.2% in May over April for both the 10- and 20-City Composites. To access click here: S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices – July 2012

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U.S. House Prices Should Generally Rise Going Forward, But Not Without Some Dips

Erkan Erturk

Senior Director, Structured Finance

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

July 20 - 9:35 am

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U.S. home prices started to rise in recent months, and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services expects this to continue into the summer, given the seasonal trends of the past few years. We don’t expect this rise to be uninterrupted, however. Prices will likely dip again later this year as newly foreclosed properties reach the market, [...]

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Sales pair counts did not improve in April

Maureen Maitland

Vice President

S&P Dow Jones Indices

July 9 - 10:19 am

While housing statistics for April 2012 were largely positive, we have not seen a real pickup in activity in terms of sales volume for more than five years. Both the S&P/Case-Shiller sales pair counts and NAR’s existing home sales remain low compared to their pre-recession levels. S&P/Case-Shiller sales pairs data are updated the last Tuesday [...]

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Home Prices Rise in April 2012 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Director, Global Index Communications

S&P Dow Jones Indices

June 26 - 9:00 am

Data through April 2012, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed that on average home prices increased 1.3% in the month of April for both the 10- and 20-City Composites. To access click here: S&P/Case-Shiller Homes Price Indices – June 2012

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May Existing Home Sales Fell By 1.5% To 4.55 Million

Beth Ann Bovino

U.S. Deputy Chief Economist

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

June 21 - 10:44 am