Home Price Expectations Tick Up–But Consensus Is Elusive

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The results of the latest (Q2) edition of Pulsenomics’ Home Price Expectations Survey have been released, and they reveal that most of our expert respondents have become less downbeat about the 2023 outlook for U.S. home values. The survey data were collected May 9th– May 23rd. The mean of all 109 responding panelists’ expectations indicates…

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Experts Share Metro-Level Home Price Forecasts for 2023

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For the first time in the 14-year history of Pulsenomics’ quarterly Home Price Expectations Survey, we asked our panel of experts to supplement their outlook for nationwide U.S. home prices with their expectations for each of 20 major metropolitan area housing markets. Respondents weighed-in with a price forecast for 2023 and expectations for when a…

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Great (Home Price) Expectations

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Every quarter for more than 12 years, at least 100 members of an expert panel managed by Pulsenomics participate in the Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey to predict the 5-year future path of U.S. home prices and weigh-in on topical concerns pertinent to residential real estate and mortgage markets. In every year since the survey’s 2010 inception,…

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2020 Crystal Ball Award-Winners

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Every quarter, more than 100 members of an expert panel managed by Pulsenomics participate in the Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey to predict the 5-year future path of U.S. home prices and weigh-in on topical concerns pertinent to residential real estate and mortgage markets. In every year since the survey’s 2010 inception, Pulsenomics has recognized the most…

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Shiller: Households showing “healthy optimism”

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According to the latest edition of the U.S. Housing Confidence Survey (HCS), households expect home values will increase by an average of more than 6% nationwide through Q1 2020. Arguably, the slower rates of home price appreciation recorded in recent months suggest that consumers are making a pretty bold call. Nobel laureate Robert Shiller said…

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2018 Crystal Ball Award-Winners

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In every year since 2010, Pulsenomics has recognized the most accurate and reliable forecasters of U.S. home values with one of our Crystal Ball Awards. More than 100 experts who participate on our Home Price Expectations Survey panel vie for the honor by predicting the future path of the Zillow Home Value Index over a…

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Downside Risk Signals in US Housing

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According to the Q4 2018 edition of the Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey released yesterday, U.S. home prices are projected to increase at an average 3.8 percent rate in 2019–down from an expected 4.2 percent a few months ago. (These data are based upon responses from 114 members of an expert panel managed by Pulsenomics). The…

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Experts Expect a Record-Breaking Expansion

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The Q3 2018 edition of The Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey–conducted by Pulsenomics LLC via a panel composed of more than 100 respected economists, housing  analysts and investment strategists–included a compilation of expert opinions concerning when the current economic expansion will peak, mortgage rates one year from now and at the cycle peak, and the…

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Housing Market Shift

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In addition to providing an update to the five-year outlook for U.S. home values, the Q3 2018 edition of The Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey–conducted by Pulsenomics LLC via an expert panel composed of more than 100 respected economists, housing  analysts and investment strategists–delivered insights about when housing market conditions might shift decidedly in favor…

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Housing Confidence: Still Growing

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  JPMorgan Chase has just announced a partnership with Pulsenomics on a newly-expanded suite of U.S. housing market indices. From respondent data collected in our survey of more than 15,500 households–500 from each of 25 individual metropolitan statistical areas, plus 3,000 from a national sample–The Chase Housing Confidence Indexâ„¢ (HCI) systematically measures and monitors key…

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