Archive for June 2010
The more positive tone in many of the Case-Shiller regional home price indices resulted in higher front contract (August 2010) bids and offers for those markets. New York and Miami were the only two areas that exhibited month-to-month declines in … Read More
Here’s where the front contracts are trading (as of 10:25 -NYC) relative to the most recent Case-Shiller index release (May 25th release of March #’s). Note that in two contracts (San Diego and Washington) the bids for the August 2010 … Read More
Those looking for some thoughts on how the Case-Shiller Home Price indices might move over the near term, and particularly those trading the front CME Home Price futures contracts, should be aware of, and review, the work that Altos Research … Read More
There have been some questions about – “Why use the Case Shiller index”, and “How does it differ from other indices”. Deutche Bank summarized the differences between the Case Shiller (CS), National Association of Realtors (NAR), and OFEHO indices in … Read More
While the attached graph has the now-famous look of a shape of a Case-Shiller index it is instead an route map for Day 2 of my vacation on the Ride-The-Rockies bike tour. Those with keen eyes, and a high-resolution monitor, … Read More
The folks at MacroMarkets were kind enough to post an “Intro to the CME Home Price futures contract” write-up that I put together. Click the link below to read the letter and to be taken to their site to explore … Read More
I figure that with the Celtics vs. Lakers getting so much attention these days, that I’d use that focus to roll out the concept of inter-city trading. If you don’t have any insight on basketball, maybe real estate price comparisons … Read More
On May 19th, MacroMarkets released a survey of over 100 economists on their views of forward home prices. The survey can be accessed on the MacroMarkets website http://www.macromarkets.com/index.shtml by registered viewers.
While the headline “home prices will increase by 12.4% … Read More
