It’s been a few months since we last had a look at my favorite alternative Case-Shiller charts. First up, let’s have a look at the chart that depicts the count of cities showing second derivative (month-over-month changes in the year-over-year changes) gains or losses. For the last three months of data, every single city has…
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Year-Over-Year Price Gains Rapidly Descending to Earth
Let’s take one more look at this week’s Case-Shiller data. Specifically, the rate of change in the year-over-year rate of change, also known as the second derivative. First, let’s take a look at the direction the second derivative is moving in the 20 cities tracked by Case-Shiller. In this chart green dots represent cities with…
Case-Shiller Second Derivative Weakness Continues
Before we shelf the March Case-Shiller data, let’s have a look at my favorite alternative Case-Shiller charts. First up, let’s take a look at the twenty-city month-over-month scorecard. Here’s the original post introducing this chart if you’d like more details. Click the image below to enlarge, or click here for a super-wide version with the…
Case-Shiller Second Derivative Suggests Softer Prices
A reader requested an update to the second derivative chart of Seattle home prices, so here we go. This is a chart of the rate of change in the year-over-year change—the second derivative. For a more detailed explanation and some highlights of past inflection points, check out the original 2012 introduction of this chart. Here’s…
Case-Shiller: Home Prices Weakest Since Early 2012
Before we put away the January Case-Shiller data, let’s have a look at my favorite alternative Case-Shiller charts. First up, let’s take a look at the twenty-city month-over-month scorecard. Here’s the original post introducing this chart if you’d like more details. Click the image below for a super-wide version with the data back through 2000….