Jan 31 No Recovery in Latest Housing Data Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. The monthly housing data released Tuesday by Standard and Poor's Case-Shiller Index came with sparse good news. Home prices have declined yet again, continuing their wobbly down-up-down decline after the market bubble burst… Continue reading
Jan 31 No Recovery in Latest U.S. Housing Data Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. By Paul Solman and Elizabeth Shell The monthly housing data released Tuesday by Standard and Poor's Case-Shiller Index came with sparse good news. Home prices have declined yet again, continuing their wobbly down-up-down… Continue reading
Dec 27 Latest U.S. Home Sales Price Reading a ‘Distinct Downer’ Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. It's the monthly moment for Case-Shiller/S&P, the most widely followed index of U.S. housing prices, and Tuesday's numbers are a distinct downer, prices dropping at an annual rate of over 1 percent,… Continue reading
Nov 29 Falling U.S. House Prices Not a Good Sign Image by Fusion via Getty Images. Making Sen$e reporter/producer Elizabeth Shell files most of this post on Tuesday's Case-Shiller housing index. The punchline: housing prices declined in September -- not a good sign. Here's her summary of the… Continue reading
Oct 25 Dwelling on the Good and Bad: U.S. Housing Prices at the Moment A construction worker gestures on the roof of a home in Phoenix, Ariz. Home prices inched up in August from the previous month according to the Case-Shiller Index. Photo by Joshua Lott/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions… Continue reading
Oct 25 Dwelling on the Good and Bad: U.S. Housing Prices at the Moment A construction worker gestures on the roof of a home in Phoenix, Ariz. Home prices inched up in August from the previous month according to the Case-Shiller Index. Photo by Joshua Lott/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions… Continue reading
Oct 21 The Role of Salesmen in the Subprime Mortage Mess A foreclosure sign stands outside a home in Winchester, Va. Photo by Jay Mallin/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Continue reading
Oct 14 Chinese Housing Bubble: A Troubling Update from Beijing EmbedVideo(1753, 482, 304); In this latest dispatch from China, stand-up economist Yoram Bauman explores the possibility of a Beijing housing bubble. We first reported on this threat in our "China on the Rise" series back in 2005,… Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Chinese Housing Bubble: A Troubling Update from Beijing Stand-up economist Yoram Bauman explores the possibility of a Beijing housing bubble. Continue watching
Sep 27 Housing Prices Are Moving On Up A home for sale in Tempe, Ariz. Flickr photo by 'Nick Bastian Tempe, AZ.' Moving on up. Or more like "creeping." That's one way of wording the latest Case-Shiller housing price numbers, up 3.6 percent since their 20-city… Continue reading