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Why the prolonged economic slump? One word: Housing. 18 Aug 2012 | 10:20 am
Economist Dean Baker writes about a recent research paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: The study goes on to note the extraordinary weakness in housing in this recovery and point out th...
S&P/Case-Shiller national home price index falls again 30 May 2012 | 01:57 am
In the first quarter of 2012, the S&P/Case-Shiller national home price index fell 1.9% year-over-year: Data through March 2012, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indic...
Housing recovery a long way off 23 May 2012 | 09:36 pm
In a CNBC editorial, Michael Yoshikami argues that a housing market recovery is still a long way away: Housing starts were surprisingly strong this week, while there was improving sentiment from home...
Why did America's housing bubble decline more than in other countries? 28 Apr 2012 | 04:52 pm
Much of the developed world (especially America and Europe) had a housing bubble. The Economist asks why America's fell so much faster than the bubbles in Europe: Perhaps the difference is institutio...
Updated housing graphs 19 Apr 2012 | 11:02 pm
I have updated my national housing bubble graphs to reflect the latest data available. It covers home prices from 1970-2011. It looks like U.S. home prices are fairly valued, although it varies by met...
S&P/Case-Shiller national HPI shows 4% fall in home prices 29 Feb 2012 | 08:05 am
U.S. home prices fell 4.0% during 2011: Data through December 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed that all...
Warren Buffett is a housing bull 28 Feb 2012 | 06:51 am
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett believes housing is a better investment than stocks right now: Warren Buffett says along with equities, single-family homes are a very attractive investment right ...
Happy Valentine's Day, renters! 15 Feb 2012 | 01:22 am
We get no respect, no respect at all: In a survey of 1,000 single people, more than a third of women and 18% of men said they would much rather date a homeowner than a renter. Ouch! Only 2% of women...
S&P/Case-Shiller HPI down in November 1 Feb 2012 | 04:32 am
The November numbers for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index are out. The 20-city index is down 3.7% year-over-year and down 1.3% month-over-month: Home prices posted a steep, month-over-month drop...
December housing starts down 4.1% month-over-month; up 8% year-over-year 20 Jan 2012 | 07:12 am
Housing starts fell in December compared with November. (FYI, housing starts numbers are usually seasonally adjusted.) However, they are up about 8% year-over-year. Keep in mind that we've had abnorma...
