Zillow June 2012 Home Price Expectations Survey – Summary & Comments

On June 24, the Zillow June 2012 Home Price Expectations Survey results were released.  This survey is done on a quarterly basis. An accompanying image is seen below: (click on chart image to enlarge) As one can see from the above chart, the average expectation is that the residential real estate market, as depicted by the Case-Shiller …

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Zillow March 2012 Home Price Expectations Survey – Summary & Comments

On March 20, the Zillow March 2012 Home Price Expectations Survey results were released.  This survey is done on a quarterly basis. The accompanying image is seen below: (click on chart image to enlarge) As one can see from the above chart, the average expectation is that the residential real estate market, as depicted by the Case-Shiller US …

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Zillow December 2011 Home Price Expectation Survey – Summary & Comments

On December 20 Zillow released its December 2011 Home Price Expectations Survey results.  This survey (formerly called the MacroMarkets Home Price Expectation Survey) is done on a quarterly basis. The accompanying chart is seen below: (click on chart image to enlarge) As one can see from the above chart, the average expectation is that the residential real …

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MacroMarkets September 2011 Home Price Expectations Survey

Yesterday (September 21) MacroMarkets released its September 2011 Home Price Expectations Survey (pdf) results.  This survey is now done on a quarterly basis. The accompanying chart is seen below: (click on chart image to enlarge) As one can see from the above chart, the average expectation is that not only has the residential real estate market …

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MacroMarkets June 2011 Home Price Expectations Survey

On June 22 MacroMarkets released its June 2011 Home Price Expectations Survey (pdf) results.  This Survey is now done on a quarterly basis. The accompanying chart is seen below: (click on chart image to enlarge) As one can see from the above chart, the average expectation is that not only has the residential real estate …

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Opinions Concerning The Financial Aspects Of Owning A Home

Yesterday, the CalculatedRisk blog posted a chart showing the long-term housing prices for both the Case-Shiller and CoreLogic indices.  Here is the chart: – Given the continual decline in residential real estate prices, I have found an April 12 report from Pew Research Center, titled “Home Sweet Home.  Still.” (pdf) to be interesting. The report …

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The Increasing Percentage Of “Underwater Mortgages”

On May 9 Zillow.com released a Press Release titled “First Quarter Home Value Declines Match Worst of Housing Recession; Bottom Unlikely to Appear Before 2012” with the subtitle “Home Values Show Sharpest Quarterly Decline Since 2008; Negative Equity Rises to 28.4% According to Q1 2011 Zillow® Real Estate Market Reports” (Other stories regarding this Press …

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Housing Prices – The Continual “Bottom” Calls

On April 7, the CalculatedRisk.com blog had a post titled “House Prices: Nominal, Real, Price-to-Rent.” The following chart is from that post, and it shows the historical price trends of both the Case-Shiller (Composite 20 Index as well as the National Index) and the CoreLogic indices: (click on chart to enlarge image) – My comments: …

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MacroMarkets March 2011 Home Price Expectations Survey

On March 22 MacroMarkets released its March Home Price Expectations Survey results. Here is the Press Release (pdf); the accompanying chart is seen below: (click on chart image to enlarge) As one can see from the above chart, the average expectation is that not only has the residential real estate market (nearly) hit a “bottom” …

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MacroMarkets December 2010 Home Price Expectations Survey

On December 22 MacroMarkets released its December Home Price Expectations Survey results. Here is the Press Release (pdf); the accompanying chart is seen below: (click on chart image to enlarge) As one can see from the above chart, the expectation is that not only has the residential real estate market (nearly) hit a “bottom” as …

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