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Case-Shiller Comment–Worst Markets Recover

Posted: May 29, 2012 at 9:55 am

Most comment about the new S&P/Case-Shiller data is that it showed housing trends which were bad. The national index dropped 2% for the fourth quarter to the first and all ...
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Case-Shiller On The Way

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 6:37 am

The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 cities will be released today. It is one of the critical barometers of home prices and is usually a fairly good basis ...
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Case-Shiller Report… Housing Pain Remains (KBH, DHI, TOL, LEN, PHM)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 10:14 am

The monthly S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices for the month of October were released this morning, and the results failed to meet already low expectation. The annual decline in home prices ...
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Pending Home Sales Surge 10.4%

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 10:29 am

Pending home sales rose a remarkable 10.4% in October with particular strength in the Northeast. The figures come a day after down beat data on home prices from S&P/Case Shiller, ...
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Consumer Confidence Soars

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 10:34 am

The tug of war between proofs of recession and recovery received some weight on the recovery side. The Consumer Confidence Index soared in November, at a rate last posted in ...
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Consumer Confidence Index Slaughtered

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 10:22 am

Forget about the uptick in consumer spending in July. New data from the Conference Board shows that consumer confidence was slaughtered in August, plunging to recession-level lows. It is another ...
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America’s Ten Sickest Housing Markets

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 4:35 am

For three years, the real estate market has been going in one direction -- primarily down. Some areas, however, have begun to recover. Recent S&P/Case-Shiller data show that among the ...
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Housing: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Posted: July 20, 2011 at 10:35 am

It has been only 24 hours since the Commerce Department said new home sales and permits reached multi-month highs. The elation over that ended suddenly as the National Association of ...
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Housing Takes A U-Turn: New Starts Higher

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 9:06 am

The housing market may be showing signs of life. New construction of U.S. houses surged in June to its highest level in five months, the Commerce Department reported this morning. ...
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Experts Finally Catch Up To The Housing Double Dip

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 5:49 am

MacroMarkets, an economic research firm, released its new survey of 111 people who are experts on home price trends. "The survey is based upon the projected path of the S&P/Case-Shiller ...
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Another Measure Of Economic Confidences Hits A Top

Posted: January 25, 2011 at 6:43 pm

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index reached 60.6 this month, which was better than expected. The positive signal was mirrored by data from a recent Gallup poll. "Gallup's Economic Confidence ...
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The Eight States Running Out Of Homebuyers

Posted: January 17, 2011 at 8:37 pm

The single biggest problem in the U.S. real estate market is simple: There are very few homebuyers. That seems obvious, but the “buyers’ strike” has caused house prices to drop, ...
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The Top Ten Cities For June Price Increases And Decreases

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 9:23 am

The new S&P/Case-Shiller is out for June. Several cities showed substantial improvements from May. The big winners: Minneapolis    +2.5% Detroit   +2.5% Chicago   +2.5% Atlanta  +1.7% Washington  +1.7% New York  +1.3% ...
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Case-Shiller Shows Home Prices Improve

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 9:16 am

The real estate market is getting better, at least according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The data showed what most experts have known for some time. June was a ...
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