Tag Archives: Home Price Index

Excluding Distressed Sales, Are Home Prices Just Fine?

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article Home prices in May were down 7.4 percent year-over-year, according to a new report from CoreLogic. This is the first of the May numbers, as SP Case Shiller, which was released … Continue reading

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Home Price Headlines Hide the True Picture

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article How do I loathe home price day? Let me count the ways. The rash generalizations, the seasonal vs. non-seasonal adjustment confusion, the month-to-month vs. year-over-year, the contention among all the varied … Continue reading

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Low-End Housing Sees Higher Losses

Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article As I sit here, less than 24 hours from the next release of the much-followed monthly SP/Case Shiller Home Price Index, I’m confronted with all kinds of varying data and hypotheses … Continue reading

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Falling Home Prices Hit Big Banks, Fannie, Freddie

Page 1 of 4 | Next PageShow Entire Article Home prices began double-dipping months ago, but now that SP/Case Shiller has chimed in, it really must be so. This report is the most widely-followed home price index, equally quoted in … Continue reading

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New Doubts Over Housing Data

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article Most consider President’s Day weekend as the official start of the spring housing season. There is, therefore, no more crucial time than now to have reliable data at our disposal for … Continue reading

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