We spent last week in Washington DC at the Prudential Real Estate Summut Conference.  Most introductions start something like this.  “Hi, I’m Charles from Portland.”  “How’s the Portland Market?”  The Case Shiller housing market data for July 2010 was released this morning a the Portland real estate market remains largely flat, dropping four tenths of… Continue reading Portland Case Shiller Remains Flat for July 2010

The Case Shiller report for May was released this morning and shows that Portland has climbed back to near pre-crash levels.  From a peak of 186 in August of 2007 to a valley of 129 in February 2012 all the way back to 18 today!  Portland’s 7.4% year-over-year increase matches Seattle’s as the fourth fastest… Continue reading Case Shiller Climbs to 3% Below 2007 Peak

Death, taxes and Case Shiller on the last Tuesday of the month. Pretty much like clockwork but the Case Shiller Index for Portland, and other markets, hasn’t been quite as painful as the first two in recent months. The Portland real estate market remains flat, posting a .1% loss from September.

The Case Shiller real estate report was released this morning for November 2009. Overall, results were mixed with relatively small gains and losses nationally. Portland’s Case Shiller Index is now 150.38, up half a point from October’s 149.88. Only five of the twenty tracked markets saw gains. Four cities hit new lows in the last… Continue reading Portland Case Shiller Index November 2009

This morning, S&P Dow Jones Indices posted the latest results of the S&P/Case Shiller Home Price Indices. Case Shiller looks at information with a 60 day lag, so this latest report covers March 2015. The Case-Shiller Indices compare home prices by looking at actual current home sales and comparing them with previous selling prices for that home. A… Continue reading March Case Shiller – Showing Promise

The monthly Case Shiller report (what is Case Shiller?)was released yesterday for December 2009.  Standard and Poor’s website was having server problems yesterday and the report was unavailable for some of the day.  Portland’s real estate market ended the year flat with a slight drop to 149.95 from November’s 150.38.  The questions we can’t quite… Continue reading Portland Case Shiller December 2009

When we talk about the Standard and Poor’s Case Shiller Index we are most often talking about the National index (there are 10 and 20 city composite indices) or the Portland index from the Home Price Value report (as I wrote yesterday).  Case Shiller also publishes a more targeted report which breaks each reported MSA… Continue reading Portland Case Shiller Price Tiers

The Case Shiller Index for January 2010 in Portland is 147.29.  That’s a drop from December of 1.8% and a 12 month decline of 4.9%.  The current index is about the same as May/June 2005.  That’s in contrast to the 10 City Composite and 20 City Composite indices which have both returned to “autumn 2003… Continue reading Case-Shiller Portland January 2010 Dips

The January 2010 Case Shiller report came out this morning.  Nineteen of the 20 real estate markets tracked lost ground compared with the previous month.  San Diego was the only market in positive territory.  The Portland market dropped to 143.69, down from 147. 29 in December.  Case Shiller reports come out the last Tuesday of… Continue reading Case Shiller January 2010