Monday, June 14, 2010

U.S. HOUSING PRICES STILL MORE EXPENSIVE THAN ANY POINT IN LAST 120 YEARS

"Today’s chart of the day comes to us courtesy of Robert Shiller at Yale University. The following is Shiller’s famous inflation adjusted home price index. Interestingly, despite a 30%+ decline from peak to trough, housing prices are still more expensive than at any other point in the last 120 years when you exclude the recent bubble era . Some say housing prices have bottomed. Not unless it’s truly “different this time”.

at http://pragcap.com/u-s-housing-prices-still-more-expensive-than-any-point-in-last-120-years

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