Category Archives: S&amp;P/Case-Shiller Indices

Director, Global Index Communications

S&P Dow Jones Indices

May 28 - 10:26 am

David Blitzer, Managing Director and Chairman of the S&P Index Committee, discusses the latest data results for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices on CNBC.

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Stocks and Houses

Chairman of the Index Committee

S&P Dow Jones Indices

May 19 - 3:45 pm

Twelve years ago when the boom in tech stocks ended, housing was considered a safe investment to escape to. Six years ago the financial crisis took down both stocks and housing. Clearly neither is without risk, but maybe the past can offer some hint as to which might be better. Looking at the period [...]

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Homes vs. Condos

Chairman of the Index Committee

S&P Dow Jones Indices

May 2 - 5:19 pm

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S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices cover condominiums in five markets as well as single family homes in 20 cities. The table compares the boom-bust and recovery results for homes and condominiums in the five cities — Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and New York. The overall performance is similar between homes and condos but there [...]

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Rise and Fall

Chairman of the Index Committee

S&P Dow Jones Indices

May 1 - 10:49 am

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Did huge price gains in the housing boom make for a deeper dive in the collapse? Now that we can confidently say we’re past the bottom and the housing bust is behind us, we can answer this question with the data. The chart shows the peak index value on the horizontal axis and the percentage [...]

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CNBC Exclusive Interview with David Blitzer on U.S. Home Prices for February

Director, Global Index Communications

S&P Dow Jones Indices

April 30 - 11:22 am

David Blitzer, Managing Director and Chairman of the S&P Index Committee, discusses the latest data results for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices on CNBC.

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Home Prices Rise in February 2013 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Director, Global Index Communications

S&P Dow Jones Indices

April 30 - 9:00 am

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Data through February 2013, 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 8.6% and 9.3% for the 10- and 20-City Composites in the 12 months ending in February 2013. The 10- and 20-City Composites rose 0.4% and 0.3% [...]

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CoreLogic® Acquires Case-Shiller

Director, Global Index Communications

S&P Dow Jones Indices

April 26 - 9:41 am

CoreLogic, a leading residential property information, analytics and services provider, announced on April 25th the acquisition of Case-Shiller® from Fiserv, Inc. As a result, CoreLogic is now the data provider for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices will retain their brand name and continue to be published and distributed on the [...]

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Q&A with David Blitzer from S&P Dow Jones Indices Webinar

S&P Dow Jones Indices

March 27 - 10:53 am

In this video clip, David Blitzer, Managing Director and Chairman of the S&P Index Committee, addresses questions from the S&P Dow Jones Indices webinar pertaining to REITs and the entire housing sector of the U.S. economy. Questions include: How do housing prices today compare with another period of low inflation / low growth? How will [...]

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How the Cities Did in January 2013

Chairman of the Index Committee

S&P Dow Jones Indices

March 26 - 12:57 pm