America's Economic Future – A Discussion By Ted Kavadas
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 …
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 …
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: …
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” …
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 …
There has been much written as to the future of residential real estate prices. The consensus appears to be for very slight appreciation for years. This consensus is echoed in the MacroMarkets September 2010 Home Price Expectations Survey Press Release (pdf). Here is a chart from that survey that shows the past history (green line) …
On September 21 MacroMarkets released its September Home Price Expectations Survey results. Here is the Press Release (pdf); the accompanying chart is seen below: As one can see from the above chart, the expectation is that not only has the residential real estate market hit a “bottom” as far as pricing; but that steady yet …
The Boston Federal Reserve recently came out with a report dated August 12 titled “Reasonable People Did Disagree: Optimism and Pessimism About the U.S. Housing Market Before the Crash.” (pdf) A sentence from the abstract is particularly interesting: “We conclude by arguing that economic theory provides little guidance as to what should be the “correct” …
On Wednesday (June 23) MacroMarkets released its June Home Price Expectations Survey results. Here is the Press Release (pdf); the accompanying chart is seen below: As one can see from the above chart, the expectation is that not only has the residential real estate market hit a “bottom” as far as pricing; but that steady …
On May 19 The Wall Street Journal had an article about a new housing survey called the MacroMarkets Home Price Expectations Survey. From the MacroMarkets.com website: “MacroMarkets has assembled a distinguished panel of over 100 economists, investment strategists, and housing market analysts who are surveyed every month regarding their 5-year expectations for future home prices …