The monthly Standard & Poor Case-Shiller Home Price Report was released yesterday (May 25th) for March 2010. This is the second consecutive month thtat seasonally adjusted home price indices have declined. The March 20 City composite declined by .07 and February was down .22, so there has been some month-to-month stabilization. With all the activity in April it will be interesting to see what next month’s report looks like.

You can find more information about the most recent Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller report at these links:

• Forbes
• BusinessWeek
• The Associated Press

The monthly Standard & Poor Case-Shiller Home Price Report was released yesterday (April 27th) for February 2010. This is the first time in nine months that the seasonally-adjusted price index declined on a month-to-month basis. It was May of 2009 the last time the Case-Shiller Price Index actually reduced. It’s hard to figure why this changed, but the monthly increases have been very meager, and the bad weather in February may have pushed pricing down. With all the other activity in real estate (tax credit, new home sales and existing home sales numbers), this certainly contributes to our mixed-message outlook.

You can find more information about the most recent Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller report at these links:

• San Francisco Chronicle
• New York Times
• Smartmoney.com

The monthly Standard & Poor Case-Shiller Home Price Report has been released for January 2010. The report offers S&P’s first look into the home pricing issue in this year. As a reminder, we are now tracking the “Seasonally-adjusted” numbers for this index. A change that began last month (February 2010).

As you can see by the graph to the right, home prices continue to improve with the upward trend now hitting eight months straight. On the whole, home price increases continue to be slight as we move into 2010, but based on the recent past we’re happy to see an upward trend.

You can find more information about the most recent Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller report at these links:

• Forbes.com
• HousingWatch.com
• Investor’s Business Daily

The monthly Standard & Poor Case-Shiller Home Price Report has been released. The report finalizes Standard & Poor’s view of 2009 with the national home pricing analysis for December.

Unlike previous versions of this report, we are now tracking the Seasonally-adjusted numbers for Case-Shiller. This seems to provide a more consistent view of the data, which should yield more insight into the overall real estate market.

As you can see by the graph to the right, home prices continue to improve with the upward trend now hitting seven months straight. While the increases are slight, the longterm trend does appear to be a recovery in home pricing.

You can find more information about the most recent Case-Shiller report at these links:

• Los Angeles Times
• BusinessWeek
• ABC News

The monthly Standard & Poor Case-Shiller Home Price Report was released yesterday, January 26th. We have been seeing some fluctuating housing data lately, and this report adds to the fuzzy picture as we head deeper into 2010.

Selected statements from the S&P press release:

• “…U.S. home prices, show that the annual rates of decline of the 10-City and 20-City Composites continue to improve”
• “While we continue to see broad improvement in home prices as measured by the annual rate, the latest data show a far more mixed picture when you look at other details.”
• “On balance, while these data do show that home prices are far more stable than they were a year ago, there is no clear sign of a sustained, broad-based recovery.”

You can find more information about the most recent Case-Shiller report at these links:

• Philadelphia Enquirer
• U.S. News & World Report
• Washington Post

Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price Report was released yesterday for the month of September, which was the resulting end of 3Q 2009. The analysis from Standard & Poor’s seemed to focus on the continued strength of housing prices in the second and third quarter. A sustained run of six months of positive news for housing prices, and this is good news for our market.

The facts for September are a little more muted, however. Because when we analyze the graphic at the left, we see that the housing price increases are slowing on a month-to-month basis. S&P’s analysis infers that this is the result of the hot summer real estate season heading into the relatively calm winter/holiday seasons.

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Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price report was released today and showed pricing strength for the fourth month in a row. Marginal improvement was also seen in the year-over-year compartives.

More good news is always helpful in this market. We (and the media covering our economy) have developed a level of hesitation before getting too excited, but these numbers certainly provide some continued positive momentum.

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Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price report was released this week. For July 2009, the composite index for 20 cities acroos the U.S. was up for the fourth consecutive month.

The residential real estate market continues to build strength and is showing increased stamina as we head into the fall and winter months. While we’re no longer at the recent “bottom,” there are still great opportunities to find wonderful homes with very motivated sellers.

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