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25 Oct 2011 11:17

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Biz: Home prices rising or falling, depending on the metric you use

  • negative House prices are down by 3.8 percent from a year ago, according to the widely-watched Case-Shiller index, released this morning.
  • positive However, the number was up 0.2 percent from the prior month, making one analyst say that he sees a “glimmer of hope” in the data.
  • negative But when you break it down to granular data, just ten of the top twenty saw home prices rise. Like getting depressed? Enjoy. source

30 Nov 2010 10:55

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Biz: After recent gains, home prices see depressing, frustrating decline

  • 2% decline in home prices in the third quarter; double-dip? source

29 Dec 2009 11:05

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Biz: Home prices increase, barely, but it’s not worth celebrating

  • 0.4% boost, mostly from gov’t incentives source

25 Aug 2009 09:52

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Biz, U.S.: Home prices actually rose again, but we’re still a long way from home

  • 2.9% quarterly increase in home prices – the first increase in three years source

28 Jul 2009 11:21

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Biz, U.S.: Home prices are on the rise for the first time since 2006

  • 0.5% increase in home prices from last month source