Archive - John Wake's Real Estate Decoded

Real U.S. House Prices UP 4% in 2023

Prices were up 4% in 2022, too. Top & Bottom Cities for 2023 Home Price Increases Case-Shiller’s 20 Cities Top 9% - San Diego 8% - Los Angeles 8% …

Feb 27 •

November 2023

Ivy Zelman – Quotes & Graphics from Nov 2023 Interview

Just like last year, I hadn’t seen anything from Ivy Zelman online in a while so was very happy to see that Ted Oakley of Oxbox Advisors interviewed Ivy…

Nov 20, 2023 •

October 2023

Nationally, the Real Mortgage Payment Price Index is 19% HIGHER than in 2005

Note. August 2023 data is the latest available from Case-Shiller as I write this on October 31, 2023. The data is a 3-month moving average so what they…

Oct 31, 2023

May 2023

Real Home Prices Down 15% in Seattle in 1 Year According to Latest Case Shiller Home Price Index Data

Note. March 2023 data is the latest available from Case-Shiller as I write this on May 30, 2023. The data is a 3-month moving average so what they call…

May 30, 2023

April 2023

Chris Joye on House Prices: "It looks like a dead cat bounce"

Chris Joye, the co-founder and portfolio manager at Coolabah Capital in Australia, is known for his often contrarian but often accurate analyses. Let’s…

Apr 14, 2023 •

U.S. Has 3rd LOWEST Percentage Of Households That Own Homes Free and Clear, Without Mortgages

[An earlier version of this piece appeared in Forbes.com.] The U.S. is a mortgage-ownership society, not a home-ownership society. A 2022 OECD study of…

Apr 6, 2023 •

February 2023

Real San Francisco House Prices Down 10% in 1 Year

Note. December 2022 data is the latest available from Case-Shiller as I write this on February 28, 2023. The data is a 3-month moving average so what…

Feb 28, 2023

Congress Could Have Prevented 500,000 Foreclosures During The Great Recession But Chickened Out

[An earlier version of this piece appeared in Forbes.com.] The proposal passed the House but failed in the Senate in 2009. The Obama administration said…

Feb 22, 2023 •

NEW Graph Shows Price Changes by Month - Latest Case-Shiller Home Price Graphs

Feb 2, 2023 •

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December 2022

The Internet Made The Housing Market Less Rational

Today, we have many times more real estate information than last cycle... Did all the information we’ve had in recent years about the real estate market…

Dec 15, 2022 •

The Movie "It’s A Wonderful Life" & The Weird History Of "Building & Loans" In Real Life

[An earlier version of this piece appeared in Forbes.com in December 2021.] “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a great movie but what the heck is a “Building…

Dec 1, 2022 •

November 2022

Real, Inflation-Adjusted House Prices in San Francisco DOWN 6% from a Year Ago

Case-Shiller graphs

Nov 30, 2022 •

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