Jan 28th 2011 3:56PM
Is the housing market experiencing a double dip? It depends who you ask. The latest data on home prices, including the influential Case-Shiller Index, indicates that values are falling again in almost every market across the nation. Then again, the Commerce Department recently reported that the sales of newly constructed... Continue Reading »
Jan 28th 2011 2:13PM
The housing market seems only to get worse these days. Or is it actually improving? The current indicators are often confusing. Joseph Lazzaro of our sister site, DailyFinance.com, sorts through the contradictory housing data to explain what's really going on. The latest U.S. housing data contain both disappointing and... Continue Reading »
Nov 30th 2010 9:15AM
Home prices didn't get the boost they needed in September, which is bad news for the housing market as whole. The national home price index fell 2.0 percent in the third quarter of 2010, after experiencing a 4.7 percent increase in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price... Continue Reading »
Jul 14th 2010 9:00AM
When the International Monetary Fund warned of a potential double dip in the housing market last week, it raised the question yet again of what would constitute a double dip, and how will it affect homeowners? The IMF pointed to the fact that, while signs of recovery are stronger than expected, the backlog in foreclosures... Continue Reading »
Dec 29th 2009 3:29PM
Home prices have started to tread water. The Case-Shiller Index, one of the most-quoted measures of the housing boom and bust, barely moved in October compared to September. That's good news considering that last winter, from October through March, the 20-city index fell more than 2 percent a month. Stability is a huge... Continue Reading »
