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

Data through January 2013, 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 average home prices increased 7.3% for the 10-City Composite and 8.1% for the 20-City Composite in the 12 months ending in January 2013. S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices – January 2013

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Home Prices Closed Out a Strong 2012 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Data through December 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 year with strong gains. The national composite posted an increase of 7.3% for 2012. The 10- and 20-City Composites reported annual returns of [...]

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Home Prices Extend Gains According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Data through November 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 home prices rose 4.5% for the 10-City Composite and 5.5% for the 20-City Composite in the 12 months ending in November 2012. S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices ─ November 2012

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Sustained Recovery in Home Prices According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Data through October 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 home prices rose 4.3% in the 12 months ending in October in the 20-City Composite, out-distancing analysts’ forecasts. Anticipated seasonal weakness appeared as twelve of the 20 cities and both Composites posted [...]

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Tiered pricing revisited

S&P Dow Jones Indices publishes tiered price data for 16 of the 20 cities (MSAs) we cover. The tier breakpoints are price levels that divide monthly sales pairs into thirds in each MSA. With the recent good news about home prices, there has been some discussion as to where the improvement has been concentrated. As [...]

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Tiered price patterns differ across regions

S&P Dow Jones Indices publishes tiered price data for 16 of the 20 cities (MSAs) it covers. The tier breakpoints are price levels that divide monthly sales pairs into thirds in each MSA. Home price trends within these cities do not behave the same across and within the tiers. To follow are a few examples [...]

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

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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Comparing the Cities

The chart and table provide two comparisons of the 20 cities covered by the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The chart shows the gains from January 2000 across the horizontal axis combined with the subsequent drop from the peak on the vertical axis.  The dashed lines show equal gain or loss over the period since 2000.  [...]

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How The Cities Did in January

January’s report was disappointing as 16 cities saw prices fall month to month and eight made new post-crisis lows.  Atlanta and Detroit are the hardest hit based on current levels. However, Detroit has rebounded from its low by a larger percentage than any city except for Washington DC.  Across all 20 cities, the average gain [...]

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Eight cities and both composites hit new lows.

With today’s report, the S&P/Case-Shiller 10- and 20-City Home Price Composites fell to new post-crisis lows in January 2012. Both indices fell by 0.8% over the month, are down about 3.8% versus January 2011, and have declined by 34.4% since their relative 2006 peaks. Average home prices are back to their late 2002/early 2003 levels [...]

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