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Home prices see best yearly gain since 2006

By Call it Crazy   Follow   Tue, 29 Jan 2013, 7:02am   548 views   22 comments
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.....I knew the headline would catch your eye!!

Now, to the article..

....."NEW YORK (Reuters) - Single-family home prices rose in November, building on a string of gains that point to a housing market that is on the mend, data from a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday."

...."The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.6 percent in November on a seasonally adjusted basis, in line with economists' forecasts."

Look in the paragraph above, see those words "Seasonally Adjusted"? So, the index gained 0.6 percent WITH "Seasonal Adjustments.... got it?

Let's continue...

....."Prices on a non-adjusted basis slipped 0.1 percent. The non-adjusted numbers showed prices fell in about half of the cities covered by the survey, with the winter months typically a weak period for housing, the survey said."

Oh, so if you decide to look at ACTUAL numbers ("non-adjusted basis")and DON'T pour honey on the turd, the real numbers SLIPPED 0.1 percent...

Thank god we have economists that are so good tweaking numbers and manipulating data until it sounds good for the media!!!!

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/home-prices-continue-climb-november-140149324.html

What the hell are you doing still sitting here reading my post??? Get out and buy a house before prices are totally out of reach!!!

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1. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,571 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   1   7:11am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   Prices only dropping .1 percent in November is extremely bullish considering in a typical winter prices will drop around 5% before recovering in the Spring. The seasonally adjusted index is an attempt to quantify these cycles. Instead of saying "The index only dropped .1% which is actually fantastic considering it usually drops .7% in November", the Case-Shiller adjusted index says "The market rose by .6%" Likewise if real estate underperforms this Spring and Summer, the CS adjusted index will be lower than the raw data and you will no doubt come back and sing the praises of the CS adjusted index regardless of what the raw data says.

2. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,781 comments

   2   7:22am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   iwog says Prices only dropping .1 percent in November is extremely bullish considering in a typical winter prices will drop around 5% before recovering in the Spring. They could of "spun" it even better... The NSA was down .2 percent the month before, so they should of said that the NSA rose .1 percent this month... They missed even more "positive" news......

3. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,571 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   3   7:26am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Call it Crazy says They could of "spun" it even better... The NSA was down .2 percent the month before, so they should of said that the NSA rose .1 percent this month... They missed even more "positive" news...... It's not spin. It's an attempt to quantify the data better. If you want to see spin, go back and read some of your posts from early 2012 where you predict doom and gloom right before the market exploded. Like this one: So, Do You REALLY Think We Are At The Bottom??? http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1214169 YES!!!!! The answer is YES my child!! We WERE at bottom and now I can't buy a house within $50,000 of what they cost last year. Fail.

4. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,781 comments

   4   7:32am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   iwog says Like this one: So, Do You REALLY Think We Are At The Bottom??? http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1214169 Nice!! Yea, I guess we shouldn't read and post any articles written by RealtyTrac..... they have no clue what's going on in the market, right??? We should just ask YOU, as it seems, you have ALL the answers!!

5. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,781 comments

   5   7:34am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Data from the CS article from today.. which covers Oct to Nov (before the Winter actually kicked in) *

6. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,571 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   6   8:02am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Call it Crazy says Data from the CS article from today.. which covers Oct to Nov (before the Winter actually kicked in) So you're going to continue being willfully ignorant eh? The winter slump starts in late Summer when the kids are getting ready to go back to school. Stop trying to pretend you are a RE expert and fucking listen to people who actually know what the market does. I'm an arrogant asshole too, but at least I know when to shut up.

7. lostand confused Follow Befriend (9) 165 threads 1,549 comments Premium

   7   8:05am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Well, it appears the CS index has posted the second consecutive monthly decline . However year over year prices have risen and Phoenix has risen the most, with Las Vegas and Detroit posing double digit annual increases. Mixed bag I guess? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-29/case-shiller-home-price-index-posts-second-consecutive-monthly-decline-average-home-

8. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,571 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   8   8:10am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   lostand confused says Well, it appears the CS index has posted the second consecutive monthly decline . However year over year prices have risen and Phoenix has risen the most, with Las Vegas and Detroit posing double digit annual increases. Mixed bag I guess? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-29/case-shiller-home-price-index-posts-second-consecutive-monthly-decline-average-home- This is the hottest winter RE sales season since the expansion of the bubble. There is no way whatsoever that anyone can characterize this as a slump, dip, or bear market. Go try and buy a house and you'd find out.

9. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,781 comments

   9   8:18am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   iwog says I'm an arrogant asshole too, but at least I know when to shut up. EPIC ... nominated for the post of the year!!!

10. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,781 comments

    10   8:20am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   lostand confused says However year over year prices have risen and Phoenix has risen the most, with Las Vegas and Detroit posing double digit annual increases. Mixed bag I guess? Just remember, Phoenix collapsed like 75% where other areas went down like 30%. So, Phoenix getting 20% back still doesn't get them close to everyone else.

11. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,781 comments

    11   8:22am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   iwog says Go try and buy a house and you'd find out. I've been trying... lowest inventory in 5 years and most of what's on the market is over priced short sales.....

12. robertoaribas Follow Befriend (23) 55 threads 3,810 comments Scottsdale, AZ robertoaribas's website

    12   8:44am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   This is going to be a very interesting spring: Inventory has been droppin all January here in Phoenix, it usually climbs. foreclosures have slowed dramatically filings for future foreclosures have slowed dramatically. Where is inventory going to come from this spring? If the normal buyers increase into spring and summer as they usually do, we will see strong price increases this entire year here in Phoenix.

13. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,781 comments

    13   11:56am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   robertoaribas says This is going to be a very interesting spring: Inventory has been droppin all January here in Phoenix, it usually climbs. ...."I know that people desperately want homes to again become "wealth creating machines." despite every bit of common sense indicating that they are instead depreciating assets that generate zero positive cash flow if you happen to live in one, but the data is just not there yet." ...."Well, except in places like Phoenix where the bubble ran rampant and people are quite ready to give that wheel one more spin. Never mind that Phoenix is facing some very serious long-term water challenges that will rear their head well before the houses they are buying will come to the end of their serviceable life, the people in Phoenix want to party again." ...."Okay. Best of luck to them, or perhaps I should say better luck this time." http://www.peakprosperity.com/discussion/80632/housing-really-recovering

14. robertoaribas Follow Befriend (23) 55 threads 3,810 comments Scottsdale, AZ robertoaribas's website

    14   12:04pm Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Call it Crazy says Never mind that Phoenix is facing some very serious long-term water challenges that will rear their head well before the houses they are buying will come to the end of their serviceable life, the people in Phoenix want to party again." total bullcrap. we SELL our water allotment from the various agreements to California. Anytime we want, we'll cut LA off and keep the water for ourselves. PLUS phoenix has really cheap water. I pay like 30 a month for water, and have an uncovered pool, fruit trees, etc, and 4 people living in the home who all take long showers... At any time, Phoenix could cut its water use in half, by raising prices and encouraging conservation. Give me a credit, and I'll cover the pool, or get rid of the grass that I hate anyways. By the time water gets expensive, we''ll just pipe it up from the gulf of california and desalinate it...

15. leo707 Follow Befriend (12) 10 threads 3,516 comments Oakland, CA leo707's website Premium

    15   1:01pm Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   robertoaribas says Anytime we want, we'll cut LA off and keep the water for ourselves. Good luck with that. It would probably happen around the same time that everyone up the Colorado river basin turns off the tap for Arizona. robertoaribas says At any time, Phoenix could cut its water use in half, by raising prices and encouraging conservation. Give me a credit, and I'll cover the pool, or get rid of the grass that I hate anyways. It is a little bit mind boggling why they are not doing this now, but then again Arizona gets pretty poor ratings on their environmental planning for the future. robertoaribas says By the time water gets expensive, we''ll just pipe it up from the gulf of california and desalinate it... Yeah, now we are talking about some very expensive water, this type of solution would not surprise me. Call it Crazy says Never mind that Phoenix is facing some very serious long-term water challenges that will rear their head well before the houses they are buying will come to the end of their serviceable life Yep, in another 40 years or so Phoenix is likely going to face some serious water issues. The whole issue on Arizona's water future was discussed at length in this thread: http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1213579

16. Mark D Follow Befriend 64 threads 486 comments Simi Valley, CA

    16   1:05pm Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Crazy having problems understanding seasonality again. It's NOT that complicated!

17. curious2 Follow Befriend (5) 31 threads 2,257 comments Premium

    17   1:05pm Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Translation: housing price inflation at highest level in six years. QE is producing inflation, as designed.

18. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,781 comments

    18   1:28pm Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Mark D says Crazy having problems understanding seasonality again. Do you really want to rehash that again??? Mark D says It's NOT that complicated! Who said it was complicated? It's just a bullshit way to report actual conditions.... Do you use "seasonality" to balance your checkbook??

19. robertoaribas Follow Befriend (23) 55 threads 3,810 comments Scottsdale, AZ robertoaribas's website

    19   1:29pm Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Its 50 degrees in Phoenix today; I guess that is proof this city is getting cold! global warming my arse, I'm not taking any seasonally adjusted numbers!!!!

20. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,781 comments

    20   1:35pm Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   robertoaribas says Its 50 degrees in Phoenix today; I guess that is proof this city is getting cold! global warming my arse, I'm not taking any seasonally adjusted numbers!!!! You should, seasonally adjusted, your current temperature is 60 degrees.... just ignore the ACTUAL temp of 50 degrees.... That doesn't mean anything in today's world of number spinning... See, that's how it works.... it's 60 degrees, so all the tourists should come down, NOW!!

21. Philistine Follow Befriend 487 comments Los Angeles, CA

    21   2:10pm Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   curious2 says housing price inflation at highest level in six years. QE is producing inflation, as designed. Except where is the wage inflation to go with it? Guess the real estate barons will have their gilded age and the rest of us can have gruel for dinner. No possum, no sop, no taters.

22. curious2 Follow Befriend (5) 31 threads 2,257 comments Premium

    22   2:16pm Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Philistine says Except where is the wage inflation to go with it? Guess the real estate barons will have their gilded age and the rest of us can have gruel for dinner. Yes, follow the money and you can see who's pulling the strings. There might have been wage inflation if the unions had more power, but instead we see inflation throughout the FIRE sector (securities, insurance, housing).