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

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

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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S&P/Experian: First Quarter of 2013 Shows Healthy Consumer Credit Quality

S&P Dow Jones Indices released the latest results for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices. Data is through March 2013. S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices Press Release – April 2013

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

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

The housing recovery continues across all 20 cities covered by the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices.  The 20-city composite, up 8.1% in the 12 months ended Janaury 2013 with the best year-over-year gain since June 2006 when home prices peaked.  Despite these impressive numbers, to 20-city composite is still almost 30% below its peak and home prices. [...]

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

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 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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National Credit Default Rates Decreased in February 2013 According to the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices

S&P Dow Jones Indices released the latest results for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices. Data is through February 2013.  S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices Press Release – March 2013.

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Do home price increases threaten inflation?

Now that home prices are rising with a gain of 7.3% from December 2011 to December 2012 in the S&P/Case-Shiller 20 City Composite index, some people are wondering if house prices are about to do to the CPI what gas pumps did in February.  Doubtful — but a full explanation can be found on Macroblog [...]

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What Next For Housing

We’re approaching the part of the month with a lot of housing data — National Association of Home Builders confidence index on March 18th, housing permits and starts on March 19th, existing home sales from the National Association of Realtors on March 21st and S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices on March 26th. As we move towards [...]

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