Home Prices Are Increasing

National home prices are expected to climb 0.6 percent in the next year,
according to the latest home price report by Fiserv Case-Shiller.  But over the next five
years, home prices are expected to rise 3.3 percent.

http://www.caseshiller.fiserv.com/fiserv-case-shiller-home-price-index-changes.aspx

 

Home Prices Predicted to Increase

Home prices are expected in increase as much as 10% over the next three years.

http://www.businessinsider.com/barrons-home-prices-headed-up-7-2012-9

Housing Prices Report

Washington Post [Excerpts]

August 28, 2012

The three composites measured by the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index all increased for the first time since the summer of 2010. The national composite climbed 1.2 percent compared to the second quarter of 2011. The 10-city composite rose 0.1 percent during the same time period, and the 20-city composite edged up 0.5 percent. According to the report, home prices nationally are back to their early 2003 levels.

“Case-Shiller’s June numbers further affirm what other indices have already been showing, namely that the overall market is healing, albeit at a frustratingly slow pace,” Stan Humphries, chief economist at Zillow, said in a statement.

“Overall, the period of sustained home value declines is behind us…”

Home prices up strongly from a year ago

http://www.realtor.org/news-releases/2012/05/pending-home-sales-decline-in-april-but-up-strongly-from-a-year-ago?om_rid=AABnQy&om_mid=_BPyCImB8jPSPCf