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Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... from $7 in March 2009, the quickest recovery since at least 1900, according to data from S&P and Yale University's Robert Shiller compiled by Bloomberg. The gap between projected 12-month profits and average earnings over the last 10 years is set to ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... sales send the supply of houses down and prices up. The FHFA house price index increased by 0.6% in December and the Case-Shiller index rose by 0.9% in the same month. There wasn't any fear over 'sequestration' among US manufacturers either. The ISM ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... August. And why not? Apart from the unlimited money print and because of it, US house prices are lifting. The S&P/Case-Shiller index showed property values rose by 1.2% in the year to July - the biggest annual gain since August 2010. Not only that, the ...

It's still the hole, stups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... reported its consumer confidence index dropped to a nine-month low of 60.6 for August, down from 65.9 in July. The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index of 20 cities showed prices rose for the fifth straight month in June, by 1.0 per cent. LONDON - European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... watched private survey released by the Conference Board. And home prices fell less than anticipated in May: The S&P/Case-Shiller's 20-city index fell 0.7 per cent from a year ago. On a monthly basis, average home prices rose by 2.2 per cent for a second ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... a surprise QE - or whatever counter measure - announcement following a big drop in equity prices. Certainly, S&P/Case Shiller composite index of US house prices made for good reading. House prices rose by 0.7% in April - the third straight month of increase ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... only yesterday, Wall Street surge "reportedly" on the back of a less than expected 0.1% March increase in the S&P/Case Shiller composite home price index of 20 cities - and because it's year-on-year fall was less than the previous month. Last night's ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... than expectations for a gain to 70 and the third month of decline. No I didn't see that! What they saw was the S&P/Case Shiller composite home price index of 20 cities. Yes, the index rose by a smaller than expected 0.1% in March from April - but it's ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... exact thing? And because of this, he hinted at perhaps another QE (nudge, nudge, wink, wink)? It was housing. The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index fell by 3.8% in the year to January following a 4.1% decline in the previous month. This was more or less ...