Some recent reports on the real estate market show home prices starting to stabilize in many areas. Other data suggests the housing market has further to fall. But whichever direction the numbers are heading, there are few tene…
The latest reports on home sales and prices offer a complicated and conflicted picture. But when the data are taken together, one thing is clear: Weighing risk and reward, it’s worth waiting a few months to see which way the re…
While home prices were falling last fall nearly nationwide, the pace of sales has picked up more recently. Overall, it seems clear that the worst of the housing debacle has passed. It’s just that the U.S. remains on a slow, gri…
The U.S. housing sector got another dose of sobering news Tuesday, as home prices in all 20 major cities tracked fell a worse-than-expected 1.3% in October from September. The S&P Case-Shiller index has now dropped for four str…
According to Case-Shiller data, home prices in the U.S. fell from July to August as the impact of the federal home buyer tax credit program waned. Prices rose on a year-over-year basis, but less than previously expected.
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