CASE SHILLER REPORT

August 26th, 2008

Standard and Poor's has released their Case Shiller Index results through June. Here are their key findings:

 


"While there is no national turnaround in residential real estate prices, it is possible that we are seeing some regions struggling to come back, which has resulted in some moderation in price declines at the national level" says David M. Blitzer, Chairman of the Index Committee at Standard & Poor’s. "Depending on where you focus on the details of the report, you can see some different stories on where home prices are headed.. Record year-over-year declines were reported in both the 10-City and 20-City Composites in June; however, they are very close to the values reported for May. The rate of home price decline may be slowing. For the month, the 10-City Composite was down 0.6% and the 20-City Composite was down 0.5%. While still falling, these are far less than the 2-2.5% monthly drops seen earlier in 2008. In June, nine of the 20 cities were up month-to-month compared with seven in May. Nevertheless, not one market is showing a positive return over the past 12 months and seven of the metro areas are reporting declines in excess of 20.0%."

To that point here are the figures comparing June 2008 to May 2008 for markets relevant to Maui real estate:

  • Denver +1%

  • Las Vegas -1.6%

  • Los Angeles -1.4%

  • Portland -.3%

  • San Fransisco -1.8%

  • Seattle -.2%

The declines are clearly slowing which is good news. For details, contact us!