Home Price Index

Home Values Within 12.5 Percent Of April 2007 Peak, Nationwide

August 6, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

According the Federal Home Finance Agency’s Home Price Index, home values are now just 12.5 percent off their April 2007 peak nationwide. This after a half-percent monthly increase in prices in May,on average.

The Flawed Home Price Index Shows Home Values Up 0.8 Percent

July 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Last week, the Case-Shiller Index reported home values up 0.8 percent across 20 tracked markets. The public-sector Federal Housing Finance Agency has reached a similar conclusion.

Home Price Index Rises 0.3% in March 2010

May 26, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Home values rose in March, according to the Federal Home Finance Agency’s most recent Home Price Index. Values were reported higher by 0.3 percent, on average, from February.
We use the phrase “on average” because the Home Price Index is broad-reaching, national housing statistic. It ignores the dynamics of neighborhood real estate markets like Wakarusa as [...]