Posts Tagged ‘home price index’Housing Perspective: July Case/Shiller Home Price IndexThe housing market got another boost this morning, as July’s S&P Case/Shiller Home Price Index registered its biggest monthly increase in almost four years. The 20-city index rose 1.2% in July from the month before, the biggest jump since October 2005, according to Bloomberg. Even though the monthly price figures have been increasing now for [...] Housing Perspective: June S&P Case Shiller Home Price IndexBroad measures of home prices continue to show improvements, as the S&P/Case Shiller Home Price Index registered its second straight monthly increase. According to the Wall Street Journal, Case Shiller’s 20-city index ticked up on a quarterly basis 1.4% from the three months ending May 31. 2 cities still showed month-over-month declines, woeful Detroit and [...] |