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July 2013 Housing Data Rodeo 21 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
Prices increased last month, but at a slower pace than the springtime frenzy: read more
May-June 2013 Data Rodeo -- Price Explosion 15 Jul 2013 | 04:56 am
This chart of the Case-Shiller index (with my estimate based on median price per square foot over the last two months) shows just how different the character of this year has been: read more
Monthly Payment Ratios, May 2013: Homes May Not Be Cheap, But Mortgages Sure Are 24 May 2013 | 09:48 pm
I recently updated the price-to-income and price-to rent-ratios for San Diego single family homes. I think these are the best metrics to determine whether homes are overpriced or underpriced based on ...
Shambling Towards Affordability: May 2013 23 May 2013 | 05:24 am
With recent robust price increases has come a resurgence of talk about a bubble. Whether a given investment is in a bubble or not may depend on many factors, but in my mind, the most important of the...
April 2013 Data Rodeo: Rock-Bottom Inventory and Rising Prices, Again 17 May 2013 | 04:38 am
April saw a continuation of what we saw in March: fairly strong demand, ridiculously constrained supply, and rising prices. Starting with the latter, the median price per square foot for single famil...
March Data Rodeo -- Housing Market Smoking Hot 22 Apr 2013 | 07:06 am
Sorry if the title sounds hyperbolic, but... wow, it's true. As of March, the market was blazing (to continue with the heat-related metaphors). Let's start with this graph of the median price per squ...
February 2013 Resale Data Rodeo (Graphs Only) 24 Mar 2013 | 04:19 am
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The Year in Home Prices, According to Case-Shiller 6 Mar 2013 | 05:47 am
Let's have a look at how the year 2012 treated house prices, as measured by the Case-Shiller index. This home price indicator lags by a couple months, but it offers a couple advantages. First, it use...
January 2013 Housing Data Rodeo 19 Feb 2013 | 05:18 am
Home prices pulled back in January, despite increasingly tight inventory and robust sales. Supply and demand will be discussed later; first, some graphs on prices. The median price per square foot f...
December 2012 Resale Data Rodeo 22 Jan 2013 | 07:06 am
The median price per square foot rose again last month. Here are the stats... Month to month: 1.9% for detached homes 1.4% for attached homes 1.8% in aggregate For the Year 2012: 12.6% for deta...
