Robert Shiller News
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The wealth effect from rising house prices may not be as effective as it once was in spurring the U.S. economy.
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The Federal Reserve said it will keep buying bonds at a monthly pace of $85 billion while standing ready to raise or lower purchases as economic conditions evolve.
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Consumer confidence unexpectedly jumped in April, and the rebound in home values accelerated earlier this year, showing the recovery in residential real estate is buttressing the U.S. economy.
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Residential real-estate prices increased in February by the most since May 2006, showing the U.S. housing market is strengthening.
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CoreLogic Inc. said it acquired the Case-Shiller home-price indexes for $6 million, adding a widely used measure of U.S. property values to its real estate data.
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You don’t have to examine America’s retirement safety net too closely to realize it has massive holes in it. Close to 60 percent of Americans have less than $25,000 in household savings, according to the Employee Benefits Research Institute, and 31 percent of retirees have less than $1,000. Meanwhile, financial advisers recommend having about 12 times your current salary saved to retire comfortably.
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After a devastating cycle of bubble and bust, the U.S. housing sector is on the road to recovery. New homes are being built at the fastest rate in years and prices are increasing across the country. Foreclosures are down and the number of “underwater” mortgages has declined by almost 12 percent since the peak at the end of 2011. Even Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage-finance companies in conservatorship since 2008, are reporting record profits.
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If he hasn’t already done so, Lloyd Blankfein should dash off a thank-you note to Robert Shiller.
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Residential real estate prices increased in January by the most since June 2006, indicating the U.S. housing market strengthened at the start of the year.
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The U.S. housing recovery is a fragile one and should be spurred by reducing the role of government in the mortgage-finance system, said Robert Shiller, a professor at Yale University and co-creator of the S&P/Case- Shiller index of property values.
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