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June home prices provide further evidence of "budding" recovery; further increases through 2012 predicted

By Dennis Norman, on July 11th, 2012

This week Clear Capital® released its Home Data Index™ (HDI) Market Report with data through June 2012 which showed home prices in the U.S. grew both on a quarterly and yearly basis 1.7 percent from the prior period. This report shows further support for a housing price recovery, which is very good news! [...]

Report shows U.S. Home Prices have "Turned the Corner"

By Dennis Norman, on June 8th, 2012

This week Clear Capital® released its Home Data Index™ (HDI) Market Report with data through May 2012 which showed home prices in the U.S. grew both on a quarterly and yearly basis for the first time since August 2010. At the regional level home prices improved on a quarterly and yearly basis as well in all regions except for the Midwest which saw declines in home prices but not as large of declines as in the previous month. [...]

REO’s bolstering home prices;  REO home price gains outpacing fair market prices

By Dennis Norman, on May 1st, 2012

Clear Capital just released it’s Home Data Index™ (HDI) for April, which reveals that REO’s, which have been a drag on the market for several years now by bringing home prices down, are actually help bolster prices as a result of investor demand for REO’s for rentals. REO home price gains (on a price per foot basis) are “vastly outpacing fair market prices on a national level” according to the report. [...]

Report projects modest increases in home prices for end of 2012

By Dennis Norman, on April 5th, 2012

Clear Capital just released it’s Home Data Index™ (HDI) for March, which includes their forecast that home prices will increase modestly over the next three months and, by year end, increase 1.2 percent. [...]

The 15 Best and 15 Worst Performing Real Estate Markets

By Dennis Norman, on March 6th, 2012

Clear Capital just released it’s monthly Home Data Index™ (HDI) for March, which includes a list of the 15 best performing real estate markets in the U.S. as well as the 15 worst performing markets in the U.S [...]

Is the real estate market headed for a triple-dip in 2012?

By Dennis Norman, on October 6th, 2011

Clear Capital just released it’s monthly Home Data Index™ (HDI), which shows U.S. home prices increased 3.5 percent in the 3-month period ending in September compared with the prior 3-month period however that is less than the 4.0 percent increase reported the prior month showing that home price gains we have seen recently are losing their steam. [...]

15 Best and Worst Performing Real Estate Markets

By Dennis Norman, on August 5th, 2011

Clear Capital just released their housing market report which, based upon data available through and including July 2011, has ranked the 15 best and worst performing housing markets in the U.S. based upon their quarter-over-quarter change in home prices. Milwaukee, WI topped the list of highest performing markets with a 19.6 percent quarter-over-quarter increase in [...]