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Case-Shiller Housing Price Index Shows Bubble Like Annual Gains Again

The August 2013 S&P Case Shiller home price index shows a seasonally adjusted 12.8% price increase from a year ago for over 20 metropolitan housing markets and a 12.7% change for the top 10 housing markets from a year ago.  Once again price increases are on high for homes.

Case-Shiller Shows Home Prices Cooled Slightly in June 2013

The June 2013 S&P Case Shiller home price index shows a 12.1% price increase from a year ago for over 20 metropolitan housing markets and a 11.9% change for the top 10 housing markets from June 2012.  This is a slightly lower annual increase than last month  The national quarterly index increased 10.1% for the year.

Case-Shiller Index Shows Home Prices Ballooned to the Stratosphere in April 2013

The April 2013 S&P Case Shiller home price index shows a 12.1% price increase from a year ago for over 20 metropolitan housing markets and a 11.6% change for the top 10 housing markets from April 2012.  This is the highest yearly gain since March 2006.

Is the Fed's Quantitative Easing Pushing Up Home Prices?

Is the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing over inflating housing prices?  According to one Fed Official they aren't  Yet the Federal Reserve is buying 50% of mortgage backed securities, keeping mortgage interest rates at record lows and affecting pricing on mortgage backed securities themselves.

 

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