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FHFA’s Home Price Index Breaks Four-Month Run of Gains

The monthly home price index from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has recorded its first decline since March. FHFA reported Tuesday that home prices in the U.S. fell 0.1 percent from July to August, and the previously reported 0.8 percent increase recorded for July was revised to reflect no change. Data released the very same day by Standard & Poor's showed a 0.2 percent increase in the Case-Shiller home price index for the same period. Economists say FHFA's index is ""a better barometer.""

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Case-Shiller Continues to Record Improvements in Annual Price Changes

The annual rate of change in home prices continues to show improvement, according to Standard & Poor's. Data released Tuesday by the agency shows the 20-city composite reading of the S&P/Case-Shiller index for August came in below its year-ago level by 3.8 percent. The previous month, S&P reported a 4.1 percent annual decline. The closely watched gauge posted a 0.2 percent increase in August versus July, marking the fifth consecutive monthly gain.

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Case-Shiller: Home Prices Show Seasonal Strength, Down From Last Year

Even with a seasonal uptick in the month of July, home prices are falling short of their levels a year earlier, according to data released Tuesday morning by Standard & Poor's. Both the 20-city and 10-city composite readings of the S&P/Case-Shiller index rose 0.9 percent between June and July, but were down 4.1 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively, when compared to July 2010. Washington, D.C. and Detroit were the only metropolitan areas to buck the annual trend.

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Case-Shiller: Second-Quarter Appreciation Puts Prices at Circa 2003

Home prices increased 3.6 percent over the second quarter of this year, after having fallen 4.1 percent in the first quarter, according to the latest S&P/Case Shiller index. With the second quarter's data, the national index reading recovered from the double-dip cyclical low hit at the end of the first quarter, but still posted an annual decline of 5.9 percent when compared to the second quarter of 2010. Nationally, home prices are back to their early 2003 levels, according to Standard & Poor's.

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Case-Shiller Index Posts Second Straight Increase

For the second month since recording an official double-dip in home prices, the S&P/Case-Shiller index has posted an uptick. Data released Tuesday by Standard & Poor's shows that 16 of the 20 metros included in the study and both composites reported positive monthly increases. The 10- and 20-city composites were up 1.1 percent and 1.0 percent, respectively, in May over April. Detroit, Las Vegas, and Tampa were down over the month and Phoenix was unchanged.

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Industry Insiders Weigh in on Case-Shiller Uptick

The closely watched S&P/Case-Shiller index showed its strongest positive movement since last summer with the release of Tuesday's report. The analysts at Standard & Poor's described the news as a ""welcome shift from recent months."" While it may fuel cautious optimism that at least a short-range upward trend is already in the making, industry experts and market analysts put the latest numbers into context and share their views on what to expect in the months ahead.

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Post Double Dip, Case-Shiller Index Edges Higher

One month after reporting its home price gauge had officially double dipped, Standard & Poor's says prices have inched up, in line with the expected seasonal boost that accompanies the spring buying season. The 20-city composite reading of the S&P/Case-Shiller index posted a 0.7 percent increase in April versus March. It's the first monthly gain in eight months, but the index remains 4.0 percent below April 2010. Looking at the monthly movement, even in the midst of the spring season, it wasn't all up and up. Six of the 20 metros showed new index lows in April.

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Homes at Low End of Market Remain Most Vulnerable to Price Drops

Tight credit conditions for first-time buyers and a foreclosure pipeline full of homes bought with subprime loans mean that house prices at the low end of the market will continue to fall at a faster rate than prices at the middle and high end, according to Capital Economics. The bulk of these low-end homes consists of distressed properties, which already carry steep discounts as lenders and investors try to capture a piece of the limited demand out there to get these homes off their books and back into the hands of responsible homeowners.

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Survey Points to 2011 Bottom for Home Prices but No Strong Gains

After the headline news that home prices double-dipped, forecasters are predicting a 2011 turning point for the U.S. housing market, according to the investment and risk management firm MacroMarkets. The company polled 108 economists and real estate experts this month to gauge their predictions. Nearly two-thirds believe the bottom for home prices arrived in the first quarter or will arrive sometime before year-end. The consensus, though, is that we should not be expecting a rebound in home values, but rather a level of price stability.

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Housing Report Card Points to Future Distress

John Burns Real Estate Consulting released a housing report card Thursday that confirms most key market indicators trending southerly, signaling more distress may be in store. The research firm notes that annual resale activity within the existing-home market has slipped to just over 5 million residences, and home prices by some measurements have dropped to 2002 levels. With these numbers, the firm says, affordability has never been better for entry-level buyers, or worse for move-up and move-down buyers.

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