Monday, August 27, 2012

Why Home Prices Are Rising: The ‘Distressed Share’ via WSJ

Tuesday’s measure of June home prices from the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city index is likely to turn positive when compared with one year ago for the first time in two years, according to a forecast by Zillow Inc.

Prices have risen this summer for a simple reason: more buyers have chased fewer properties. But the drop in supply and the boost in demand isn’t the only reason that Case-Shiller is now turning positive. Another related factor is that the share of non-distressed home sales is rising and the share of distressed sales—foreclosures and short sales, mostly—is falling.

Read more...Why Home Prices Are Rising: The ‘Distressed Share’ - Developments - WSJ

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