Tuesday, January 29, 2013

S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices: Home Prices Extend Gains

On Tuesday, S&P Dow Jones Indices released data for its S&P/Case-Shiller Price Indices.

The information showed that home prices rose 4.5% for the 10-City Composite and 5.5% for the 20-City Composite in the 12 months ending in November 2012.


Of the 20 Composite cities, all prices rose except for in New York City.


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“The November monthly figures were stronger than October, with 10 cities seeing rising prices versus seven the month before.” says David M. Blitzer, Chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices. “Phoenix and San Francisco were both up 1.4% in November followed by Minneapolis up 1.0%. On the down side, Chicago was again amongst the weakest with a drop of 1.3% for November."


Addititionally, the 10 cities and both Composites posted negative monthly returns, for which "Atlanta, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle were the ten MSAs to post positive month-over-month returns," according to the report.


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S&P/Case-Shiller Price Indices is considered the leading measure of US home prices.