Home Price Monitor January 2012

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Home Price Monitor

January 2012

National Association of REALTORS

Research Division

Cutting Through the Noise: Various Home Price Measure


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Highlights

On a month-to-month basis home prices rose slightly in November as measured byNAR, FHFA, and CoreLogics distressed-excluded measure. Declines in November

were measured by Case Shiller and CoreLogics full market index. On a year overyear basis, small declines persist across measures in November within the range thathas been typical of recent months.

NAR data show a monthly increase for December and suggest that the declinefrom December one year ago is smaller than in the 2 previous months.

New home prices continue to fluctuate greatly due to low levels of constructionand purchase activity.

Distressed sales, which hold back existing home prices, comprised 32 percentof sales in a recent survey of Realtorsdown from nearly 40 percent a yearago but slightly above the recently typical 30 percent mark. The seasonalslowdown in sales may explain the increase in distressed sales as a share of total

sales even as the number of distressed sales remains largely constant. The increase in the share of distressed sales may lower reported transaction

prices somewhatespecially as seen in the Case-Shiller and CoreLogic indexes.
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Outlook

From a broad perspective, many of the same trends continue to dominate theoutlook. Low inventories, declining delinquency rates, and stable or increasing

foot traffic should help to support prices, though buyers searching for the

right home may have fewer options from which to choose. Very limited new

construction means that buyers initially searching for a new home may find

more selection among existing homes.

Client pricing expectations may continue to present challenges. Data from the

Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers show that sellers typically sold their

homes for 95% of the listing price, and 61% reduced the asking price at least

once.

Affordability remains high and job hiring data is showing signs of

improvement. An improving economy coupled with affordability could

provide a needed jolt to primary residence sales. In fact, blue-chip economists

believe that a technical bottom to the market is at hand.
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Home Prices

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NAR Median Sales Price: Total Existing Homes, United States ($)New 1-Family Houses: Median Sales Price (Dollars)FHFA House Price Index: Purchase Only, United States (NSA, Jan-91=100)S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index: Composite 20 (NSA, Jan-00=100)S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index: Composite 10 (NSA, Jan-00=100)CoreLogic National House Price Index (NSA, Jan.2000=100)

Sources: NAR, Case-Shiller, CoreLogic, FHFA, Census, HAVER


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Home Price Data Year over Year Change


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NAR Median Sales Price: Total Existing Homes, United States ($)New 1-Family Houses: Median Sales Price (Dollars)FHFA House Price Index: Purchase Only, United States (NSA, Jan-91=100)S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index: Composite 20 (NSA, Jan-00=100)S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index: Composite 10 (NSA, Jan-00=100)CoreLogic National House Price Index (NSA, Jan.2000=100)


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Home Price Changes

*All data are not seasonally adjusted. Monthly changes should typically be computed only for

Seasonally Adjusted (SA) data. Because these change rates are often covered in the media

regardless of their suitability for analysis, they are presented here but should be used with

caution. Annual (yr-over-yr) changes computed for Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA) data give a

measure that is not affected by seasonal fluctuations.

Data Series

Nov-11

Monthly

Change*

Nov-11

Annual

Change*

Dec-11

Monthly

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Annual

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Next

Release

Date

NAR Median Sales Price: Total Existing Homes 2.0% -3.6% 0.3% -2.5% 22-Feb

NAR Median Sales Price: Existing 1-Family Homes 1.8% -4.0% 0.7% -2.5% 22-Feb

FHFA House Price Index: Purchase Only 0.8% -1.8% -- -- 23-FebS&P/Case-Shiller HPI: Composite 20 -1.3% -3.7% -- -- 28-Feb

S&P/Case-Shiller HPI: Composite 10 -1.3% -3.6% -- -- 28-Feb

CoreLogic National HPI -1.4% -4.3% -- -- Mid-Feb

CoreLogic National HPI - Distressed Excluded 0.2% -0.6% -- -- Mid-Feb

New 1-Family Houses: Median Sales Price -2.4% -1.8% -2.5% -12.8% 16-Feb



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Supply and Demand FactorsInventory

Sources: NAR

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NAR Total Existing Homes Avail for Sale at EOP, United States (Units, NSA)

NAR Months' Supply of Total Existing Homes, United States (Months)

NAR Months' Supply of Total Existing Homes,

United States (Months) (right axis)

NAR Total Existing Homes Avail for Sale atEOP, United States (Units, NSA) (left axis)


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SupplyNew Housing Starts and Permits

Sources: Census

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Housing Starts: 1 Unit (SAAR, Thous.Units) Housing Units Authorized: 1-Unit Structures (SAAR, Thous.Units)


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Underlying Demand Job Growth and Hires

Sources: BLS

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Change in Total Nonfarm Employment (SA, Thous) JOLTS: Hires: Total (SA, Thous)


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Potential Job Growth Openings

Sources: BLS

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Housing Affordability

Sources: NAR

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NAR Housing Affordability: Payment as Percent of Income, U.S. (%)

NAR Housing Affordability Index: Composite (Fixed + ARM), United States

NAR Housing Affordability Index: Composite

(right axis)

NAR Payment as Percent of Income

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