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Median Home Price
30-Year History:
(includes new homes and resale)
Source N.A.R.
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 2009  $169,000
 2008  $183,300
 2007 
$217,900
 2006  $221,900
 
2005  $219,000
 
2004  $195,200
 2003  $180,200
 2002  $167,600
 2001  $156,600
 2000  $147,300
 1999  $141,200
 1998  $136,000
 1997  $129,000
 1996  $122,600
 1995  $117,000
 1994  $113,500
 1993  $109,100
 1992  $105,500
 1991  $102,700
 1990   $97,300
 1989   $94,600
 1988   $89,300
 1987   $85,600
 1986   $80,300
 1985   $75,500
 1984   $72,400
 1983   $70,300
 1982   $67,800
 1981   $66,400
 1980   $62,200
 1979   $55,700
 1978   $48,700
 1977   $42,900
 1076   $38,100
 1975   $35,300
 1974   $32,000
 1973   $28,900
 1972   $26,700
 1971   $24,800
 1970   $23,000
 1969   $21,800
 1968   $20,100

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Home Prices Dip Again:
Down 18% from Prior Year
Home Prices Decline, but at Slower Rate

U.S. News & World Report

Taxable property values fall for first time since '80s

North County Times - Californian

Housing price slide into 16th month - Oregon

OregonLive.com

Home price drop slowing - Florida

Brandon News and Tribune
TAMPA - Tampa Bay area home prices continue to fall, but there are signs they have started to stabilize. Although prices fell 21 percent ...

Short Sales Can Bring Long Problems

Nightly Business Report

Perplexed by San Diego Housing? You're Not Alone

Voice of San Diego
Local home prices had fallen 42.3 percent from the market peak in November 2005, according to the most recent Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price ...

Some Rents Dropping After Housing Collapse

KHSL
The housing crash has yet to correct itself. Homeowners hoping to sell, who cannot, are instead renting out their homes. But with an increased supply of ...

Investors coming back to housing market - Southern California

San Bernardino Sun
Martindale saw the housing crash coming about three years ago. With the frenzy of home buyers flooding the market with adjustable-rate loans, ...

Unemployment, housing numbers offer bad news for incumbents

The Hill

245 now support full review of monetary policy-makers

WorldNetDaily
Ron Paul, R-Texas, that would subject the Federal Reserve to an audit, bringing to 245 the supporters so far. That's well beyond the 218 who constitute a ...

From 'bankrupt' to 'home owner'

ABC2 News

Hotel foreclosures on track to set new records in California and elsewhere.

4Hoteliers 

America's Most Affordable Places To Live

Forbes
California Homes Bulldozed As Builders Go Bust
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Housing in Peril as Obama Fails to Get Breakthrough

Bloomberg 

The US housing market's 800 lb gorilla

Examiner.com
That, of course, is a no-win situation for everyone involved, and it's the big reason why falling prices drive far more foreclosures than higher payments

House Prices in California and Las Vegas Hit Hard by Wave of Foreclosed Properties

Daily Reckoning

Florida's Property Taxes Go Wacky in Housing Slump

TIME 

ETFs Tracking Home Prices Set To Launch

IndexUniverse.com 

OC house price declines getting smaller

OCRegister

Fannie Sees Jump in Overdue Home Loans

Wall Street Journal

Mortgage Meltdown, More Pain To Come

MortgageNewsDaily.com

Americans walk away

WND.com
The housing crash was inevitable. The huge expansion in the number of home loans was an intentional attempt to expand the number of home buyers made ...

Wells Fargo wants Baltimore subprime suit dismissed

Reuters 
BofA wording may cause more foreclosures
Puget Sound Business Journal
Monday, June 29, 2009
Government Spending Will Cause Higher Interest Rates:
Crashing Economy and Worsening Housing Downfall!

Government borrowing on such a massive scale will compete for the money in the open market and will make overall interest rates rise . Rates already rose a few weeks ago during a large treasury auction. Watch this carefully, mortgage rates will respond by going up. Think what this will do to the already very ill housing market.
The Coming Economic Apocalypse

Real estate market may plunge US into deeper recession

Examiner.com
Now lenders who have delayed foreclosures are moving forward to take legal action and begin taking possession of the homes. This is called the 2nd wave of ...

The New Homeowner Hallucination: "We'll Rent For A Year And Then Sell When The Market Comes Back"

The Business Insider

Can Obama keep up with falling home prices?

CNNMoney.com


Economy makes roommates of parents and adult kids

The Keene Sentinel 

Is it time for underwater homeowners to be given a get-out-of-debt-free card?

Los Angeles


Homeowners vs renters: Who's the happiest?

Shanghai Daily 

 

A Big No: Lenders are asking for higher numbers on all-important, but mysterious credit score

Winston-Salem Journal 

Ten things buyers should do before signing

San Antonio Express

US Congress asks Fannie and Freddie to guarantee BAD loans

Seeking Alpha

All our tax dollars, down the bailout drain

Winchester Star
Billions of our tax dollars are being thrown at an economic problem with no regard for where they are going and whether or not they will help. ...


Stephen Baldwin's Foreclosed Home Up for Auction

People Magazine
Friday, June 26, 2009

House prices could fall another 40% from here

MoneyWeek 
 

California, Vegas Home Prices Drop on Foreclosures

Bloomberg - Daniel Taub 
The median price for an existing, single-family detached house in California declined 30 percent to $267570, the California Association of Realtors said ...

5 Housing Markets That Have Further to Fall

Smartmoney.com

Manteca condos plunge 73% in value in just 33 months - CA

Manteca Bulletin

Cheaper homes lose the most in sliding market

Emirates Business 24/7

Home prices to fall by 10%: Crisil

TopNews
The firm said that home prices may further decline about 10 per cent in the second half of current financial year, primarily, due to oversupply of ...

In Pictures: The 13 Most Distressed Cities Of The Super-Rich

Forbes - Stephane Fitch
The housing crash is finally hitting the most expensive neighborhoods. In a healthy housing market, the number of homes for sale is less than six times the ...
4 of America's nastiest housing busts
A look at other big downturns of the past 3 decades suggests that recovery from the current housing crash could take years.
MSN Money

Underwater mortgages: a guide to survival

Irish Times

The Next Bubble Is Here. Have You Bought In?

Lew Rockwell

The Washington Post Still Hasn't Heard of the Housing Bubble

The American Prospect

Exclusive Conversation With Ron Paul: The Future Of The Federal Reserve

U.S. News & World Report

Obama tells Sun: Nevada's housing pain is on my mind

Las Vegas Sun

When housing stimulus doesn't stimulate

Tampabay.com
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Meltdown 101: Where do home prices really stand?

San Jose Mercury News

Disappointing New Home Sales Continue to Pummel Homebuilders

Seeking Alpha

Miami condo prices have plummeted by half in past year...

Miami Today

Housing Need-To-Know Info For Tricky Times

CBS News

North Texas home prices at 1990s levels

Bizjournals.com

Both rents and prices are falling. So is this a better time to rent or buy?

Boston Globe


Fed decides against boosting efforts to cut mortgage rates

Los Angeles Times


Fannie and Freddie may refi deeper-underwater mortgages

Seattle Post Intelligencer 

Ron Paul's Audit Fed Bill Gets Majority Support

ConnieTalk
Texas Congressman Ron Paul drafted a Federal Reserve Transparency Act, HR 1207, that has now been cosponsored by a majority of members in the House of
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Home sales rose in Ohio and nationwide from April to May but continued to lag last year's levels

The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
Nationally, the median sale price for an existing home was $173000 last month, down 16.8 percent from May 2008. The median is the midpoint, meaning half the ...

Housing market takes a step back

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

What's driving home prices down?

Marketplace

Bank says OC home prices to drop 19% more - California

OCRegister


Florida house sales up for ninth straight month

MiamiHerald.com

 

Puerto Rico Housing Market: The Prolonged Depression Continues

NuWire Investor

Congress Cashes-In in Real Estate Bust

OpEdNews
Learning to love falling house prices
Blogs.Reuters
Home Prices Could Fall for 5 Years
AOL Money & Finance
Thursday, June 18, 2009

SoCal Home Price Rises from Previous Month:
Still Down Big From 1 Year-Ago:
SoCal home price sees first monthly jump in 22 months

OCRegister 

OC foreclosures increased in May Cali

OCRegister

Riverside County home sales jump by 28.2, but prices drop 37.9 percent - Cali
... the six-county Southern California region in May jumped by 22.8 percent over the same month last year, while home prices dipped 32.7 percent to $249000. ...

The Desert Sun

Falling housing starts leave building groups as sick as a brick

Sydney Morning Herald

South Florida's Housing Crisis Leaves Behind Ghost Towers

Broward New Times

Worst Housing Number in Decades: What Is the Wall Street Media Smoking?

Seeking Alpha

Cramer's Housing Call Makes No Sense

Inside Futures

Mythical land shortage inflates housing cost

Shanghai Daily
By Robert J. Shiller: Many people all over the world seem to have thought that since we are running out of land in a rapidly ...
 
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

US Home Prices to Fall 14% More, Deutsche Says

Bloomberg

Housing Bust Wears Out Furniture Makers

BusinessWeek

'Millionaire Homes' May Lose Value Until 2012: Chart of the Day

Bloomberg

4 Ways to Tell When a Real Recovery Has Begun

U.S. News & World Report

County, cities hammer out plans for federal foreclosure funds

Las Vegas Sun

Will US housing go the way of Japan?

BusinessWeek
... economy into the Great Depression back in the 1930s. There are similarities to the US: Both countries enjoyed (suffered?) housing bubbles that were fed ...

Why Ron Paul doesn't like the federal income tax

Examiner.com
This is why Ron Paul doesn't like the federal income tax. [1] This legislation was the 1895 case of Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, 157 US 429; ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

A Housing Recovery? Not Even Close.

Motley Fool

KB, Countrywide sued over inflated home prices

San Francisco Chronicle 

US Homebuilder Confidence Unexpectedly Fell in June

Bloomberg 

Gloom over California home prices hard to shake

Times of Malta

Going, going, gone: Auctions of foreclosed homes becoming very ...

Naples Daily News

Obama $8000 Credit Boosting Home Sales

About - News & Issues

Roubini, Shiller see more pain for economy
Housing expert and MIT Professor Robert Shiller was equally pessimistic, saying, with regards to the four-year housing downturn: "This thing is not over yet."

Reuters

More Housing Pain Possible: Three New Default Waves Seen Breaking

HispanicBusiness.com 

 

18 People Charged with Scamming Foreclosure Victims

San Diego
Monday, June 15, 2009
The Federal Reserve Denying Housing Bubble Exists!
Were they intentionally misleading the American people or just too ignorant to see the trouble brewing in the housing market?  MUST SEE VIDEO!
Federal Reserve on Housing Bubble: Dummies or Liars?

Home values could take years to rebound

South Coast Today
He doubts values will rise sooner, though, because he expects another wave of foreclosures dumping distressed properties on the market this year. ...

Median US House Prices Crash To $6000 in Detroit

The Market Oracle
The median sales price for homes sold in May was $50000, a 44.3% drop from $89700 in May 2008. Foreclosures continue to drag down prices. ...

Impossible For Home Prices to Stop Falling?
With the Foreclosure storm set to continue and mortgage loan resets increasing until 2013, don't expect a housing rebound anytime soon!

The Debt Conundrum, Part I
Seeking Alpha

Home insurance costs have yet to follow home prices lower

KIVI-TV

Investors and Speculators Affected by Housing Market Crash

fox4kc.com


US Housing Market Crash, "I'm Trapped In My House"

The Market Oracle

Audit the Fed bill can pass House, gains 222 co-sponsors

Examiner.com
But, ever since the housing bubble burst last year, after the market took a dive in '07, and our cool, non-fear-invoking President stated that this ...

American Shrinkage: Downsizing our Cities

Daily Kos
I live in a city that has suffered major destruction of the natural landscape due to unfettered growth as part the housing bubble. ...

Homes You Can Buy With A Credit Card

Forbes
Home Owners Associations Foreclosing On "Homeowners"
Sacbee.com

Think We're in a Recovery? Think Again

Hot Air
41% of all homeowners with a mortgage are underwater. With prices destined for another 10% to 20% drop, the number of underwater borrowers will reach 25 ...
Friday, June 12, 2009

Foreclosures increase as Nevada keeps top spot

Las Vegas Sun


Median home values in Southeast Valley decline again - Arizona

AZ Central.com

 

Florida foreclosures jump 50%; Tampa up 32 %

Brandon News and Tribune
The median sale price of existing homes was $135800 in March. That's down 24 percent from $178300 in March 2008. "You can make a case now that prices are so ...
 

Americans' wealth drops $1.3 trillion

CNNMoney.com
Fed report shows a decline of home values and the stock market cut the nation's wealth to $50.4 trillion. By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.com senior writer Are you ...

Mortgage Rates in US Rise to Highest Since November

Bloomberg

Investors bet on Detroit housing market

CNN

California Enters Depression. You're Next!

Daily Kos
If the definition of depression is down 10%, then we're past that mark. New housing starts are down 84%. The state has lost 26% of its construction jobs, ...

Option ARMs Threaten Housing Rebound as Resets Peak

Bloomberg
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Home prices down to 1989 value with
- Southern California

abc7.com

IAS360 House Price Index

Auburn Journal
The IAS360 House Price Index is a comprehensive housing index tracking monthly change in the median sales price of detached single-family residences across ...

Nashville home prices down 10.6 percent

The Tennessean

US Foreclosures Jump 18% On Yr In May, Dn On Month -realtytrac

Wall Street Journal

The Bubbles Are Gone

Forbes
Is there any reason the housing or the financials will? The real estate bubble, or maybe it was a credit bubble, is gone and not likely to return. ...

Senators Want Homebuyer Tax Credit to Rise to $15000

Bloomberg 

The Mortgage Uptick Just Killed The NYC Housing Recovery

The Business Insider
Fed's Failing at Fixing Mortgage Rates
businessweek.com

Home Equity Loans Complicate Mortgage Assistance

NPR

Why I Think the Housing Bubble Has Not Yet Bottomed

Atlantic Online 

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