The monthly Standard & Poor Case-Shiller Home Price Report was released this past week for June 2010. The 20 City Composite continued it’s upward swing. June 2010 marks the third consecutive month of increases. June’s 20-city composite of 147.81 was .3% higher than May 2010. June was 1.10% higher than January 2010. And June 2010 is 4.22% higher than June 2009.

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

• CBS News
• Newsweek
• The Economist

The monthly Standard & Poor Case-Shiller Home Price Report was released today (July 27th) for May 2010. After two months of declines in February and March, we are now on a new rising trend for April and May. It sure seems that we have created a basis for grwoth from here.

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

• U.S. News and World Report
• Los Angeles Times
• The Economist

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