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Case-Shiller;Housing market not in any form of sustained recovery

Dennis Norman

This morning S&P/Case-Shiller Index report for May was released showing that the annual growth rates in 15 of the 20 Metro Area’s their reports cover improved in May compared to April 2010. The 10-city composite is up 5.4 percent from the year before and the 20-city composite is up 4.6 percent from [...]

Home Prices In Most Metro Areas Improved in April But Do Not Show Signs of a Sustained Recovery

Dennis Norman

This morning S&P/Case-Shiller Index report for April was released showing that theannual growth rates of all 20 Metro Area’s their reports cover improved in April compared to March 2010. The 10-city composite is up 4.6 percent from the year before and the 20-city composite is up 3.8 percent from the year before.

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Home Prices Lose Momentum and Fall in First Quarter

Dennis Norman

In contrast to my post yesterday about the NAR existing home sales report showing median home prices increased in March and April,today the S&P/Case-Shiller Index report for the first quarter of 2010 was released showing that the U.S. National Home Price Index fell 3.2 percent in the first quarter of 2010,[...]

I told you so!

Dennis Norman

Bear with me,I’m really not an ego-maniac,it’s just so infrequently that anyone of any real authority,or with “PhD”behind their name,agrees with me,so when it does happen I have to sound the horns and bask in the glory while it lasts!

If you have read any of my articles on [...]

A New Way to Invest in Real Estate

Dennis Norman

By:Dennis Norman

Are you are tired of dealing with tenants,notices from the city about property maintenance code violations and the like?  Still like real estate though and think it is a good place for your money?  Then you may be in luck. There is now a new way to invest in real [...]

Home prices drop by record 19% in 20 metros

By:Dennis Norman

Today the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report was released which indicated that home prices in the 20 metro areas they report were down 19% in January from a year ago.

This drop in price is not surprising and only slightly higher than the 18.2% drop reported in December over the price year by [...]

Milwaukee…the beers not the best but the home values are!

By:Dennis Norman

Just in case you haven’t heard enough about real values median prices and the like I have another housing report to talk about.  Yesterday Radar Logic published it’s report on October home prices for 25 metropolitan areas.  Radar Logic has only been publishing this housing report since 2000 so they are a fairly newcomer [...]