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The mean price trendline: the home price anchor

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 9, 2023 | Charts, Home Sales, Real Estate | 8

The mean price trendline reveals housing price deviations. Track the trends to reveal the direction of prices in the years ahead.

Mortgage rates drive buyer purchasing power

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 4, 2021 | Charts, Interest Rates, Real Estate | 8

How will home prices change over the next 20 years? The answer is in the Buyer Purchasing Power Index, which demonstrates how interest rate changes affect buyer funds, and in turn home pricing.

The votes are in: Sellers often accept the first offer they receive

by Benjamin J. Smith | Sep 10, 2019 | Reader Polls, Real Estate | 0

Readers weigh in on whether their sellers accept the first offer they receive.

The votes are in: Do sellers control the price in negotiations?

by Benjamin J. Smith | Oct 15, 2018 | Reader Polls, Real Estate | 0

Our readers agree that sellers control the price in negotiations on the sale of a home.

Mortgage rates drive buyer purchasing power

by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 16, 2017 | Charts, Interest Rates, Real Estate | 0

How will home prices change over the next 20 years? The answer is in the Buyer Purchasing Power Index, which demonstrates how interest rate changes affect buyer funds, and in turn home pricing.

Cash buyers drive down prices

by Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 7, 2012 | Economics, Real Estate | 1

Who are the majority of the all-cash buyers in your market? U.S. investors. (52%, 64 Votes)...

Taming animal spirits in client buy-sell behavior

by Bradley Markano | Jan 4, 2012 | Economics, Feature Articles, Real Estate | 0

This article discusses popular misconceptions about the causes of the 2008 economic crisis, and how ungrounded efficiency-theory economists and very senior policy makers failed to recognize the clear warning signs emanating from Wall Street’s mortgage banking industry.

Home values continue to decline, outlook grim

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 7, 2011 | Real Estate | 7

San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego are included in the nation’s top ten metropolitan areas with the biggest drop in home values since the Great Recession. The latest Standard & Poor/Case-Shiller Home Price Index...