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A month after revising their 2007 national housing forecast downward, The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has once again lowered expectations. The newly revised forecast now calls for a 2.9%…
According to the February 2007 S&P/Case-Shiller index (pdf), single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA dropped 0.5% from January ’07 to February ’07 and slipped 2.2% year-over-year. For the…
“Median California home prices are still creeping up, and the state’s strong employment trends should support the real estate market. But Goldman is worried that surging prices in the state…
“The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday it expects its measure of home prices to fall this year for the first time since the group began keeping track nearly 40…
Here’s the reality. As with any analysis, it’s all about the assumptions. Over the next five years, which is about the average amount of time recent buyers have remained in…
According to the January 2007 S&P/Case-Shiller index (pdf), single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA dropped a nominal 0.17% from December ’06 to January ’07 but slipped 1.4% year-over-year.…
“In San Francisco, where it looks like prices may have hit their high mark in the third quarter of 2006, home values peaked in early 1990 before falling for the…
“Aggressive lending allowed people to buy homes who otherwise could not have, and that increase in demand is part of the reason home prices soared in the first half of…
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According to the November 2006 S&P/Case-Shiller index, single-family home prices in San Francisco dropped 0.7% from October ’06 to November ’06 (down 0.9% year-over-year). A couple of things to remember,…