Bay Area Home Prices? Gains or declines?
July 29, 2009 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
Yesterday, the Case-Shiller Index — considered the most objective index of US home prices — reported, as pertaining to April to May prices: “10-city and 20-city composites reported positive returns for the first time since the summer of 2006…the first time we have seen broad increases in home prices in 34 months. This could be an indication that home price declines are finally stabilizing.” For the SF Metro Area (i.e. greater Bay Area, NOT just SF), C-S reported gains of .6% March to April, and 1.4% April to May. Year over year, C-S reported an overall metro area decline of 26.1%.
The full article is attached and online at:
http://www2.standardandpoors.com/spf/pdf/index/CSHomePrice_Release_072820.pdf
