Investors Gone Wild! CS House Prices Rise Most Since 2006 (Vegas Leads)

Confounded Interest ^ | 10/29/2013 | Anthony B. Sanders

[whitedog57]

S&P Case-Shiller house prices rose by 0.93% in August (MoM) and 12.82% (YoY), the biggest Year-over-Year rise since 2006.

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And the Case-Shiller 20 metro index is back to August 2008 levels.

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Well, we know that it isn’t households borrowing to purchase a home that is driving this bubble. Here is a chart from CoreLogic on Purchase Mortgage Credit Production. It remains low.

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And the MBA Purchase Application index (due out tomorrow) is similarly low (at 1995 levels).

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In fact, house prices are rising as mortgage purchase applications are falling.

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In terms of metro area price growth, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco all topped 20% YoY growth.

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The leader on the Month-over-Month is Las Vegas. With Los Angeles close behind.

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Class, can you spell “bubble?”

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Particularly if The Fed ever stops printing.

[whitedog57]

Fed distorts markets like crazy. Jerks.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Well, we may as well take advantage of their chicanery; this ain’t gonna last forever you know! The minute we have HONEST Politicians back in charge is when the poop will hit the propeller!

Any gains I’ve made these past 5 years have been immediately turned into hard assets: Less debt (paying off my farm, fast & furiously) ammo, survival supplies, more ammo, gold & silver, ammo, canned goods and ammo! :)