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Case-Shiller

High mortgage rates, high demand, high home prices

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 28, 2023
The Case-Shiller National Home Price Index rose half a percent in April — a third-straight monthly increase.
The spike in mortgage rates has encouraged a lot of would-be sellers to stay put, putting a further squeeze on the housing market.
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Home prices are falling. That's good news for the Fed's fight against inflation.

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 29, 2022
September data shows they were still higher than a year earlier, though.
National home prices dropped 1% in September from the previous month — in tune with the Federal Reserve's hopes.
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The staying power of Case-Shiller, a marquee housing metric

by Amy Scott and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 6, 2022
It’s not the most timely home price indicator, but it does have advantages, including mapping prices over long periods.
Homes line a Southern California street in 2003. An approach for tracking house prices developed by economists Karl Case and Robert Shiller in the 1980s remains an important market indicator today.
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Rising mortgage rates and prices not raining on homebuilders' parade

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 19, 2022
The latest survey data shows that homebuilders have a positive outlook despite inflation and supply chain woes.
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National home prices reach record high

by Matt Levin
Aug 31, 2021
Home prices are now up 41% since 2006, before the housing market crash that zapped the economy.
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Are we in a housing bubble?

by Amy Scott
Jan 29, 2021
Prices are soaring, but economists expect market conditions to change.
Is the price surge a blip? Many economists say the market conditions behind it are temporary.
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Will home price growth keep slowing?

by Amy Scott
Aug 26, 2019
Lower mortgage rates change the buying equation.
A sign advertising a reduced price is seen in front of a home for sale in Richmond, California.
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In a slowing market, selling a house isn't easy

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 27, 2018
Prices are still going up, but slower than they have in almost two years, leaving realtors managing seller expectations.
 A 'For Sale' sign sits in front of a new home May 27, 2004 in Miami, Florida. 
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A "wiggle" in the housing market?

by Amy Scott
Aug 28, 2018
"The slowdown is a good thing for homebuyers,” one economist says.
Real estate website Zillow reported that more sellers lowered their asking prices in June.
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Millennials like city homes but not the high prices

by Mark Garrison
Sep 27, 2016
Rising city home prices rises force some younger people to the suburbs.
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