May 9, 2008
Media Beginning to Question Validity of Housing Data
Posted by TeamKlemm under Business | Tags: Case-Shiller Index, Chris Plummer, home prices, housing data, housing slump, indexes misleading, Macromarkets LLC, MarketWatch, media and the housing slump, S&P Index |Veeeerrrry interesting article from Blanche Evans at Realty Times, May 5, 2008
“The financial press is worried that they might have gone too far – paralyzing the nation into recession by piling on housing. So they’re finally beginning to question the indexes where they get their data, and whether the news is really as bad as it seems. Slowly but surely, headlines are changing from ‘Don’t Buy a Home Now’ to ‘Is It Time to Buy?’ Check it out! http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20080505_realtyviewpoint.htm
–Lisa