The Boston Globe reported today that Professor Karl E. Case co-developer of the Case-Shiller Index, the most influential measure of our nation’s housing market, is teaching his last class today. The 63-year-old Wellesley College economics professor suffers from Parkinson’s disease. The Case-Shiller Index is based on sales of homes that have previously sold. According to […]

The Chicago Case-Shiller Index for September rose for the 5th straight month! Seasonally adjusted, the September index rose 1.1% from the August index. The index is down 4.8% for 2009 and 10.7% from a year earlier. The index is based on resales of houses in the Chicago Metro Area. The Chicago Case-Shiller Condominium Index for […]

Just released this morning, the Chicago Metro Area Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Housing Index for August rose for the 4th straight month! Seasonally adjusted, the August index rose 1.2% from the July index. The index is down 5.8% for 2009 and 12.7% from a year earlier. With the surge of first time home buyers locking in purchases […]

Just released, the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Housing Index for the Chicago Metro Area for July rose for the third month in a row! The July index rose 2.7% from the June index, 2.1% seasonally adjusted. This is also the largest month to month increase in the index so far this year. Year to date […]

Just released this morning, the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Housing Index for the Chicago Metro Area for June rose for the second month in a row. The June index rose 1% from the May index, 0.5% seasonally adjusted. The increase for the May index was the first month to month increase in the index since […]