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November home prices flattening out in many major metro areas

Dennis Norman

This morning the S&P/Case-Shiller Index report for November was released showing that home prices in their 10 city and 20 city composite indexes decreased 0.2 percent from October.  The indexes include the major metropolition areas in the U.S. (details for metros included are in chart that follows).

This marks the tenth month of improved [...]

US home prices increase 3.1 percent in 3rd quarter; down 8.9 percent from a year ago

Dennis Norman

This morning the S&P/Case-Shiller Index report for September was released showing that home prices in the US increased in 3rd quarter 2009 by 3.1 percent (seasonally adjusted) from 2nd quarter. The 3rd quarter index shows a 8.9 percent decline from a year ago, however this is a marked improvement from the 14.7 decline [...]

US Home prices appear to be leveling off

Dennis Norman

This morning the S&P/Case-Shiller Index report for August was released showing that home prices in the 20 cities covered by their report fell 11.3 percent in August from a year ago.  This is  a smaller year over year decline than July when the index showed a 13.3 percent drop in home prices from a year earlier [...]

Average home prices across US are about where they were six years ago

According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, home prices in July declined 12.8 percent from a year ago in their 10-city composite and 13.3 percent in their 20-city composite.  On a positive note, all 20 metro areas showed an improvement in the annual rates of decline when comparing July to June.

 

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Home prices show signs of stabilizing according to Case-Shiller report

Today the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report was released which showed that, although still negative, the annual rate of decline of the 10-City and 20-City Composites improved for the fourth consecutive month in 2009.

The 10-City and 20-City Composites declined 16.8% and 17.1%, respectively, in May compared to the same month last year.  These values are improvements [...]

Have home prices REALLY dropped 18% in the past year??

By: Dennis Norman

If you live in Los Angeles California or Orlando Florida, then the answer unfortunately is yes.  However if you live in St. Louis Missouri, Louisville Kentucky, Boston Massachusetts, Houston Texas, Greenville South Carolina or any of dozens of metropolitan areas around the country the answer is no.  So why then, for the past 2 days has the media been [...]