Tag Archives: Case Shiller Index

Pending Home Sales Soar Despite Rough Winter

Banks have been slow to put foreclosed homes up for sale recently, possibly waiting for prices to improve further. While some expected a surge in inventory once home prices began to improve, that so-called “shadow supply,” has yet to emerge. … Continue reading

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Pending Home Sales Soar Despite Rough Winter

Banks have been slow to put foreclosed homes up for sale recently, possibly waiting for prices to improve further. While some expected a surge in inventory once home prices began to improve, that so-called “shadow supply,” has yet to emerge. … Continue reading

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Home Prices Soar on Short Supply, Investor Demand

Home prices in Atlanta were up 10 percent in December from a year ago, but a year ago they were down 17 percent year-over-year, on the SP/Case Shiller Index. What changed? Investors. As Atlanta’s foreclosure rate soared, investors, no longer … Continue reading

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Home prices increased at a six-year high late in 2012, SF had second highest …

WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices accelerated in November compared with a year ago, pushed higher by rising sales and a tighter supply of available homes. The Standard Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.5 percent in November compared with the … Continue reading

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US Real Estate News: California

California leading US out of housing bust KHB California, the state that led the US into the housing “Boom and Bust” with some of the most reckless subprime mortgage lending, is now leading the way out. A fall in new … Continue reading

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