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Denver home prices just 4.5 percent below ’06 peak

Denver’s home values are only 4.5 percent below their peak levels in 2006, according to the SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices and accompanying analyses released this week. Low interest rates and limited inventory helped lift Denver home values 9.2 percent in … Continue reading

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Home prices rise

Home Sales A home is advertised for sale in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. U.S. home prices are making slight gains, an industry group reported Tuesday. (AP PHOTO/DAMIAN DOVARGANES) Posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:00 am Home prices rise … Continue reading

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How Investors Are Skewing Home Price Recovery

Home prices finally appear to be catching up with the increase in overall sales pace. That is usually the case, as prices lag sales on the way up and on the way down.  The latest reading from SP/Case-Shiller, which employs … Continue reading

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Have Home Prices Hit Bottom?

For the first time in seven months, home prices as recorded on the SP/Case Shiller Home price Indices saw month-to month gains. The press release even referred to it as a “spike.” A 1.3 percent rise for the 10 and … Continue reading

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Home Prices Hit Lows, but ‘We See Signs of Hope’

All three “headline composites” of the latest and widely watched SP/Case Shiller home price indices ended the first quarter of 2012 at new post-crisis lows. But one of the authors of the indices, Robert Shiller, told CNBC Tuesday: “We have … Continue reading

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Home Prices Hit Lows, But ‘We See Signs of Hope’

All three “headline composites” of the latest and widely watched SP/Case Shiller home price indices ended the first quarter of 2012 at new post-crisis lows. But one of the authors of the indices, Robert Shiller, told CNBC Tuesday: “We have … Continue reading

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Housing Demand Defies Fundamentals

Anyone with any cash in hand should be buying a house right now. That’s what any real estate agent will tell you, obviously, but that’s also what many investors now believe. Unfortunately, the potential home-buying public…isn’t buying it. January’s consumer … Continue reading

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As Home Prices Sink, Home Ownership Heads to New Lows

Home prices across the nation are now right back where they were at the beginning of 2003. All that was gained is largely now lost, and the effect on home ownership could continue for decades. “Consumer attitudes have gotten a … Continue reading

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No More National Home Prices

We’ve seen housing recessions before. Usually they are local, like the big ones in California and Texas in the last quarter century that had to do with local economic conditions, aerospace and oil. National housing recessions are pretty rare, and … Continue reading

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Home Price Headlines Hide the True Picture

How do I loathe home price day? Let me count the ways. The rash generalizations, the seasonal vs. non-seasonal adjustment confusion, the month-to-month vs. year-over-year, the contention among all the varied home price reports from the various and varied entities … Continue reading

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