Friday, January 19, 2007

Condo Prices Reveal Housing Trends

Comparing condo prices may be the best way to gauge the direction of housing prices.
By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer
January 18 2007: 1:20 PM EST


"In the third quarter of 2005, NAR stats for single-family homes show that prices fell 1.2 percent from a year earlier, with 30 percent of markets showing declines. "

"Condo prices not only dropped more steeply, 2.1 percent, but 46 percent of markets showed declines." Latest home prices

"Which gives a truer picture? Adam Koval, a former investment banker who now runs SocketSite.com, which covers San Francisco's real estate market, insists condos are the way to go." Full Article.

2 comments:

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Best Mutual Funds said...

I hope the author was unaware of the present ongoing global economic recession. But I would like to say and agree to the point that comparing condo prices may be the best way to guage the direction of housing prices.

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