For those focused on pricing, here's another angle to examine what's been happening lately. We've been worried that the higher-end homes would cause pricing squishdown, but there hasn't been any obvious big drops lately. The Case-Shiller Index for San Diego has given...
The banking/government industrial complex should look at this, and think everything is fine - don't spend any more trillions!!
These guys aren't as famous as Case-Shiller yet, but they employ a similar tracking of same-house repeat sales around the country (they have 45 million observations on file!). Here are the changes in their HPI year-over-year for the San Diego County single-family...
The latest San Diego Case-Shiller Index went up or down, depending on whether you are looking at seasonally-adjusted or not: Month Sea.Adj Non-SA May '11 155.33 154.78 June '11 154.43 155.06 The first three paragraphs from cnbc.com, who buried the story within a...
The San Diego Case-Shiller Index for May is out. I don't know how much it matters, but they have two measurements - seasonally-adjusted, and non-seasonally adjusted. Here are the recent troughs and peaks: CSI - SD Trough Mo. Score Peak Mo. Score May '11...
The Case-Shiller Index for April wasn't as gloomy as predicted, and offered the usual expertise: "In a welcome shift from recent months, this month is better than last - April's numbers beat March", says David M. Blitzer, Chairman of the Index Committee at S&P...
As CR pointed out yesterday, there are now several home pricing indicies. The one developed by FNC attempts to overcome the problems with the repeat-sale measurements - here is their explanation: One possible approach to address this dilemma is to consistently use all...
People want to know about homes prices going up or down, but it's difficult to measure. Because of the diversity of homes selling in different areas, there isn't one clear, concise tool to judge the general pricing trends, so try to take a little from each. CoreLogic...
The Case-Shiller Index for March was released today - quotes from David Blitzer: This month's report is marked by the confirmation of a double-dip in home prices across much of the nation," David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P Indices, said in a...
On a day where 2 billion people are engrossed with the kisses of two British 20-somethings, let's shine the spotlight on San Diego's own King of Graphs, Rich Toscano. Here's an excerpt and two of the graphs from his post, click here for the full story: It is...
