Lance on Jan 17 2008 | Filed under: Housing Market, Latest data
There has been a considerable difference between the two indexes of housing prices. Calculated Risk notes a new paper analyzing why and notes these implications:
This suggests that one of main differences between OFHEO and Case-Shiller was that Case-Shiller included many non-agency homes financed with subprime loans. These homes saw more appreciation during the boom, and [...]
Lance on Jan 14 2008 | Filed under: Housing Market, Latest data
Paper Economy has taken a close look at what it will take to get inflation adjusted housing prices in Massachusetts back to trend over a five year period. It should be noted that for this to happen sooner the decline would have to be deeper (due to inflation doing less of the work for us.)
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