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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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City Peaks and Troughs

Along with the three composites — national, 10-city and 20-city — four cities also set new lows in the December data.   The four were Tampa, Las Vegas, Seattle and Atlanta.  The first two of these are among the consistently weak sunbelt while the other two were reasonably stable until the last six months.  In both Atlanta [...]

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U.S. Home Prices Drop for the Third Straight Month: S&P/Case-Shiller

Data through November 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed declines of 1.3% for both the 10- and 20-City Composites in November over October. To access click here: S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices January 2012 Release

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House Prices and the Unemployment Rate

On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the unemployment rate for December.   Whatever the numbers look like we are sure to hear a debate about housing and unemployment — are they related, which causes which and does one hold the key to solving the other.  A quick look at the way home prices [...]

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The Fourth Quarter Starts with Broad-based Declines in Home Prices According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Data through October 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed decreases of 1.1% and 1.2% for the 10- and 20-City Composites in October vs. September.  Nineteen of the 20 cities covered by the indices also saw home prices decrease over the month.  [...]

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Home Prices Weaken as the Third Quarter of 2011 Ends According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Data through September 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show that nationally home prices did not register a significant change in the third quarter of 2011, with the U.S. National Home Price Index up by only 0.1% from its second quarter level. [...]

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Annual Rates of Change Continue to Improve According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Data through August 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed increases of +0.2% for the 10- and 20-City Composites in August versus July. To access click here: S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices October 2011 Release

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Nationally, Home Prices Went Up in the Second Quarter of 2011 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Data through June 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller  Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show that the U.S. National Home Price Index increased by 3.6% in the second quarter of 2011, after having fallen 4.1% in the first quarter of 2011. To access click:  S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices [...]

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From the Chat: Questions about revisions, tiered price indices and home sales.

As we have already stated, the July 26 chat session ended with some questions that we didn’t have time to answer or where we needed to check the data before we could answer them completely.  Over the next few days we will provide answers to as many of these as possible. Question:  “Can you please [...]

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Some More Seasonal Improvement in Home Prices According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Data through May 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed a second consecutive month of increase in prices for the 10- and 20-City Composites. To access click:  S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices July 2011 Release

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