House Price Index

Case-Shiller: Home prices rose in June in all 20 cities USA TODAY ... Chicago and Atlanta recorded the biggest one-month gains. "The combined positive news coming from both monthly and annual rates of change in home prices bode well for the housing market," said David Blitzer, chairman of the S&P's index committee. See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

US stocks open lower; housing prices rise in June and oil prices cross $96 a ... Washington Post The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index is down two to 1,407, and the Nasdaq composite index is down four to 3,068. The price of a house increased in all major U.S. cities in June, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index. See all stories on this topic »

Housing Prices Have a New Cliff to Climb Wall Street Journal Housing has improved considerably since then. The question is how durable the recovery will prove. S&P/Case-Shiller home-price data due Tuesday should underscore the improving trend. The main 20-city, composite home-price index for June is expected ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Supply and demand imbalance pushes prices down MyIntroducer.com Hometrack have released their monthly House Price Index indicating that the widening gap between supply and demand is pushing prices down. Key statistics - Monthly price change: -0.1% (the same as in July) - % change in new buyers registering with ... See all stories on this topic »

Conix, Inc. to Offer Home Price Protection Guarantees With REO Properties Sacramento Bee At time of contract, the EquityLock® Protection contract uses the local House Price Index (HPI) provided by the Federal Housing Finance Agency at www.fhfa.gov to determine market movement for future claim payments. After a two year waiting period, ... See all stories on this topic »

US homebuilder ETFs boom as house prices and sales rebound ETF Strategy US homebuilder ETFs, such as the iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction Index ETF (ITB), have rallied strongly this year as house prices and sales have rebound. Leading the pack has been the highly targeted iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction ... See all stories on this topic » ETF Strategy

Why Home Prices Are Rising: The 'Distressed Share' Wall Street Journal (blog) The decline in the distressed share is important for the housing market, and especially for home-price indexes like Case-Shiller. Because banks are faster to cut prices to unload inventory than are mom-and-pop sellers, home values can fall further as ... See all stories on this topic »

US home prices post first 12-month gain since 2010 Syracuse.com "The combined positive news coming from both monthly and annual rates of change in home prices bode well for the housing market," said David Blitzer, chairman of the S&P's index committee. The S&P/Case-Shiller monthly index covers roughly half of U.S. ... See all stories on this topic » Syracuse.com