Mar 2nd 2012 12:45PM
WASHINGTON -- He predicted the tech-stock collapse. He foresaw the housing bust. So naturally, everyone wants to know what Robert Shiller thinks of today's stock prices, now perched at a four-year high. Or about the direction of home prices. Keep your hopes in check. Shiller is disinclined these days to offer specific... Continue Reading »
Jan 12th 2011 4:48PM
Fred Stevens, a policeman in Ohio, saw his house value drop from a peak of $103,000 when he refinanced in 2006 to a current low of less than $40,000. "I could have walked away, but wanted to do the right thing." November 2010 housing prices declined more in the current market than during the Great Depression, according to... Continue Reading »
Nov 4th 2010 12:00PM
When Robert Shiller, Yale economist and co-creator of the revered S&P Case-Shiller index speaks, the real estate world listens. The last time the Case-Shiller housing price index came out, 12 of the 20 U.S. cities tracked showed decelerations -- meaning prices in those cities have been flat for more than a year. With... 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 »
May 20th 2010 8:30AM
If you're keeping track of all the real estate surveys out there, add this one to your list: MacroMarkets, the research firm founded by housing sage Robert Shiller, has started releasing a monthly "home expectations survey" that asks a hundred of the country's top housing analysts to forecast prices five years out. And... Continue Reading »
