Tag: Case-Shiller

Five things to watch for in Tuesday’s Case-Shiller Housing Report

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices are the leading measures of U.S. home prices. Here are five things to watch for in this month’s report which will reflect February’s housing market. FRED’s S&P/Case-Shiller 20-City-Composite Home Price Index. 1. Slower appreciation. The prevailing trend has been slower growth every month. In December […]

Construction Labor Costs Drive Home Prices Up, Pushing Buyers Out

Homebuilders are desperate to build more homes as demand accelerates across the country though they can’t because they simply do not have enough workers. The dearth in labor has squeezed homebuilders who have seen costs rise. It is the rise in labor costs in particular that has some construction firms […]

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Housing Prices Cap Off 2016 With A High

Consumers cast a strong vote of confidence in the Trump administration as they pushed housing prices up with prospects of a growing economy. The Case Shiller National Home Price index, released on February 28, reported a 5.8 percent annual gain from November, faster than last month’s robust gain. Prices increased […]

Housing Recovery Masks Dangers for Young

Galen Eckenroth has what he knows is an uncommon pastime for someone his age: He’s looking to invest in real estate. Yet no matter how much he looked last year, the 26-year-old from San Diego just wasn’t able to buy. He says that in a city where buyers were willing […]

Student debt endangers the American Dream

Paul Buehler’s $60,000 in debt weighs heavy on him. As a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Arizona the 31-year-old has spent the last eight years relying on student loans. His debt will become due when he finishes in December. Then his salary will just pay his student […]

Home Prices Fly High

Housing prices posted their largest monthly gain in more than five years in a sign of an accelerating market that could provide a key boost to the economy. The widely watched Case Shiller index rose 2.5% in April, the largest one-month gain in history. Prices are up 12.1% from a […]

Declining home prices offset rise in sales

Existing home sales increased last month, but declining prices and a high percentage of distressed sales indicate that the housing market faces a long road to recovery. The National Association of Realtors reported Feb. 23 that existing home sales increased 2.7 percent from December 2010 to a seasonally adjusted annual […]