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Early 2015 Housing Market Captured in Six Arrows (Huh?)

Hungry Twin Cities Buyers Face Limited Inventory Want to know what’s going on in the Twin Cities housing market now in a nutshell? It’s all in the arrows: Employment/Job Growth:  ↑ Housing Inventory (Listings):  ↓ Showings:  ↑ Mortgage Rates: ↓ Mortgage Applications:  ↑ Rents:  ↑ Net it all out, and what emerges is a picture of...
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Projecting 2015 Housing Prices Using Statistical Sleight of Hand

Making 1.7% Look Bigger Than It Is So, which chart — top or bottom — is projecting a stronger 2015 for U.S. home prices? Top one, right? Nope. Fun With Numbers Both charts project 2015 home prices increasing (a rather paltry) 1.7%, from $241,000 to $245,000 — which in fact is the blended consensus from...
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