{"id":2363,"date":"2012-02-28T14:01:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T19:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2012-02-28T14:06:24","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T19:06:24","slug":"are-home-prices-cheap-right-now-or-falling-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/02\/28\/are-home-prices-cheap-right-now-or-falling-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Are home prices cheap right now? Or falling more?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Medium Rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8584504377\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s no question that home prices are now well within the range suggested by historical trends. One could argue that they are even cheap at this point.<\/p>\n<p>But are they cheap enough?<\/p>\n<p>By a couple of key measures, it&#8217;s obvious that the vast majority of the correction in home prices is behind us.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Calculated Risk&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calculatedriskblog.com\/2012\/02\/real-house-prices-and-price-to-rent.html\" target=\"_blank\">Real House Prices and Price-to-Rent fall to late &#8217;90s Levels<\/a>, on which you can find the graphs below.<\/p>\n<p>First, home prices adjusted for inflation:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/RealHousePricesDec2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2364\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/02\/28\/are-home-prices-cheap-right-now-or-falling-more\/realhousepricesdec2011\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/RealHousePricesDec2011-e1330455307157.jpg?fit=670%2C445\" data-orig-size=\"670,445\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RealHousePricesDec2011\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/RealHousePricesDec2011-e1330455307157.jpg?fit=300%2C199\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/RealHousePricesDec2011-e1330455307157.jpg?fit=594%2C395\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/RealHousePricesDec2011-e1330455307157.jpg?resize=594%2C395\" alt=\"\" title=\"RealHousePricesDec2011\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2364\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Depending on how one interprets the historical trends, one could say we&#8217;re still a little high &#8212; or one could say that home prices today are just where we would have expected them to be without the bubble. We could even make a case that they&#8217;re too low.<\/p>\n<p>And a different scale for home prices, comparing the prices to effective rents (addressing the whole rent vs. buy question):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/PriceRentDec2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2365\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/02\/28\/are-home-prices-cheap-right-now-or-falling-more\/pricerentdec2011\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/PriceRentDec2011-e1330455432625.jpg?fit=670%2C458\" data-orig-size=\"670,458\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PriceRentDec2011\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/PriceRentDec2011-e1330455432625.jpg?fit=300%2C205\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/PriceRentDec2011-e1330455432625.jpg?fit=594%2C407\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/PriceRentDec2011-e1330455432625.jpg?resize=594%2C406\" alt=\"\" title=\"PriceRentDec2011\" width=\"594\" height=\"406\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2365\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Case-Shiller national index &#8212; the yellow line above &#8212; clearly suggests that home prices are actually a little low compared to the historical relationship with prevailing rents.<\/p>\n<p>But do those two data points suggest that home prices have bottomed?<\/p>\n<p>Or will we still be burdened for a while with declining home prices because of distressed properties and inventory still too high by historical standards?<\/p>\n<p>If the excess supply swamps these other fundamental considerations, then we&#8217;ll see home prices decline for a while yet, but probably not significantly. The continued decline in home prices in today&#8217;s Case-Shiller data for December suggests that high inventory will outweigh the other fundamentals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:4px 0 4px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Another large rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0042810896\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s no question that home prices are now well within the range suggested by historical trends. One could argue that they are even cheap at this point. But are they cheap enough? 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