by Orla McCaffrey | Feb 28, 2019 | Economy, Featured, Housing
Home prices rose at their slowest rate in four years in 2018, a sign the gap between home prices and inflation is continuing to narrow. The S&P/CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, a measure of home prices in 20 major U.S. metros, saw a year-over-year...
by Eliana Perez | Apr 23, 2018 | Economy, Housing, Millennials
Tuesday’s Case-Shiller Indices report will focus on home prices for February 2018. Economists echo that prices will remain in the 6 percent growth rate, though estimates range from 6.1 percent, a .03 percent point drop from January 2018, to 6.5 percent, particularly...
by Willa Rubin | Apr 23, 2018 | Economy, Housing, Newest
Standard & Poors will release its Case-Shiller indices on Tuesday, which measure prices for existing single-family homes. The median economist estimate suggests a substantial 6.35 percent increase in home prices since last year on the 20-City Index, which...
by Eliana Perez | Apr 9, 2018 | Economy, Housing, Newest, Puerto Rico
House remains in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria. Photo: Vanessa Colón Almenas When Miried González-Ramírez and her son left Puerto Rico for Florida in October, they left behind the dangers of the storm-ravaged island only to discover another problem:...
by Eliana Perez | Apr 5, 2018 | Economy, Housing, Millennials, Newest
The latest report on housing in big cities released for the start of 2018 showed a continued increase in United States home prices in January. Known as the 20-City Case-Shiller Indices, the report posted an increase from 6.3 percent in December 2017 to 6.4 percent in...
by Willa Rubin | Apr 5, 2018 | Economy, Housing, Newest
Home prices are continuing to boom nationwide. It’s a sign that the economy is doing well overall — but it is also making the housing market less affordable for first-time home buyers. Nationally, home prices grew by 6.2 percent in January, according to new data...