Standard and Poor's released the Case Shiller Home Price Index this morning. The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices are constructed to accurately track the price path of typical single-family homes located in each metropolitan area provided. Each index combines matched price pairs for thousands...
Even in the time that intervened our afternoon post and the close, MBS moved yet higher and tsy's yet lower. But just as we start passing out grains of salt during negative price action at these times of day, so too will we caution you against allowing these late day gains to lull you into a false...
Home prices across the nation improved for their fourth consecutive month in May but remain about 17% lower than one year ago, according to the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index. The 10-City and 20-City Composites are 16.8% and 17.1% lower, respectively, compared to May 2008. Historically, those...
The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report shows some encouraging signs. Maureen Maitland, of Standard & Poor's, discusses the report in detail.
Shiller Housing index shows home prices declines. (Bloomberg News)
A national index of home prices reported on Tuesday that the average price for a home has fallen to a level consistent with the final quarter of 2002. The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index ― which covers 20 metropolitan areas ― showed a price decline of 18.7% in March, suggesting a greater fall in...
Markets began higher on Tuesday, quickly turned negative, and roughly 90 minutes into the session have nearly bounced back to parity. News from around that nation has been mixed on Tuesday, with financial institutions beefing up capital, prices of houses falling in the first quarter, and the trade deficit...
The S&P Case-Shiller home price index fell less than expected in February, although 10 of 20 metro areas still showed record rates of decline. The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index fell to a reading of 143.17 in February again expectations for a decline to 142.80. January's figure was revised...
House prices unexpectedly rose in February, according to a report from the Federal Housing and Finance Administration on Wednesday. The report showed a 0.7% month-over-month increase in U.S. house prices, following a downwardly revised 1.0% increase in January. Economists were expecting a 0.7% drop....
The S&P Case-Shiller U.S. home price index fell more than expected in January, with prices down nearly 20% from a year ago. The 20-city composite index posted a decline of 18.97% to a reading of 146.40. Economists had forecast an 18.60% drop. The three-month annualized rate of decline was 26.46%...