The above chart shows the year-over-year change in the Case-Shiller House Price index — usually considered the gold standard of home price indices.
On a year over year basis, analysts expect it to come in down 0.05% when it comes out later today. Even a modest beat could see house prices rise on a year-over-year basis. Note that there was growth in early 2010, but that was only off the epic collapse of 2008-2009… house prices quickly resumed their fall that year.
CAVEAT: Here in “Seattle”, this report uses King, Snohomish and Pierce Counties to represent “Seattle”.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/case-shiller-june-preview-2012-8#ixzz24rFACj8v
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