St Louis Makes List of Top Performing Real Estate Markets Forecast

By , on January 5th, 2015

Clear Capital just released it’s list of the Top 50 Performing Real Estate Markets Forecast for 2015 for major metro areas and St Louis made the list at number 12! At the top of the list was Milwaukee-Waukeshawest Allis, Wi, followed by Columbus OH and Denver CO. Continue Reading →

St Louis Metro Area 14th Lowest Performing Real Estate Market

By , on December 4th, 2014

St Louis ranked 14th on Clear Capital’s list of the 15 Lowest Performing Real Estate Markets based upon home price appreciation on a quarter over quarter basis. The report, based upon data through November 2014, shows Hartford, CT at the top of the list with a .6% loss in home prices for the most recent quarter from the prior quarter. The rest of the metro areas on the list, like St Louis, did have an increase in home prices from the prior quarter, just all .7% of less. At the other end of the spectrum, as the table below shows, Continue Reading →

St Louis Home Prices Have Risen and Fallen In Past Year – Varies By Zip

By , on June 2nd, 2014

St. Louis home prices have risen in the past year for the metropolitan area as a whole somewhere around 8 percent, according to Clear Capital’s home price index. As the chart below shows though, St Louis home prices over the past year have performed quite differently in different zip codes. As the chart shows, the highest performing zip codes in the St Louis area saw home prices increase about 20% in the past year while the lowest performing zip codes saw prices fall by a couple of percent in the last year.

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Report Says St Louis Home Price Appreciation 2nd Worst of Major Metros; Lets take a closer look though

By , on June 4th, 2013

St Louis was ranked number 2 on the list of “Lowest Performing Major Metro Markets” just released by Clear Capital. The Clear Capital report listed the top 15 performing housing markets in the U.S. as well as the 15 worst performing housing markets in the U.S. during the month of May 2013, based upon home price appreciation on a quarter over quarter basis. At the top of the list of top performing markets is Las Vegas with a 4.5 percent increase in home prices from the prior quarter and a staggering 27 percent increase over the past year. In Continue Reading →

Report Ranks St Louis Housing Market As 7th Worst Of Major Metros

By , on May 8th, 2013

The St Louis Housing Market was delivered a blow by a Clear Capital report just released ranking the performance of the housing market in St Louis as the 7th worst of the major metro areas in the U.S. According to the report, St Louis home prices dropped 0.3 percent in the past quarter and declined 1.0 percent from a year ago, that, coupled with the fact that REO’s (foreclosed property owned by banks) makes up 1/3 of the St Louis market, put us at 7th on the “bad” list. At the top of the “good” list was Las Vegas with Continue Reading →

June home prices provide further evidence of "budding" recovery; further increases through 2012 predicted

By , on July 11th, 2012

This week Clear Capital® released its Home Data Index™ (HDI) Market Report with data through June 2012 which showed home prices in the U.S. grew both on a quarterly and yearly basis 1.7 percent from the prior period. This report shows further support for a housing price recovery, which is very good news! Continue Reading →

Report shows U.S. Home Prices have "Turned the Corner"

By , on June 8th, 2012

This week Clear Capital® released its Home Data Index™ (HDI) Market Report with data through May 2012 which showed home prices in the U.S. grew both on a quarterly and yearly basis for the first time since August 2010. At the regional level home prices improved on a quarterly and yearly basis as well in all regions except for the Midwest which saw declines in home prices but not as large of declines as in the previous month. Continue Reading →

REO’s bolstering home prices;  REO home price gains outpacing fair market prices

By , on May 1st, 2012

Clear Capital just released it’s Home Data Index™ (HDI) for April, which reveals that REO’s, which have been a drag on the market for several years now by bringing home prices down, are actually help bolster prices as a result of investor demand for REO’s for rentals. REO home price gains (on a price per foot basis) are “vastly outpacing fair market prices on a national level” according to the report. Continue Reading →

Report projects modest increases in home prices for many cities by end of 2012 and a slight decline for St Louis

By , on April 5th, 2012

Clear Capital just released it’s Home Data Index™ (HDI) for March, which includes their forecast that home prices in many cities in the U.S. will increase by year end 1.2 percent while St Louis home prices are projected to decline another 0.2 percent by the end of 2012. The report predicts home price increase of about 1.3 percent by year end in the Northeast, and home price increases of 1.6 percent in the South by year end. At the lower end of the spectrum, the West is projected to see price increases of about 1 percent by year end and the Midwest is expected to see less than 1 percent price increase by December (0.7 percent). Continue Reading →

St Louis ranked 15th worst performing metro market in U.S.

By , on March 6th, 2012

Ugh, not the list we want to be on! Clear Capital just released it’s monthly Home Data Index™ (HDI) for March, which includes a list of the 15 best performing real estate markets in the U.S. as well as the 15 worst performing markets in the U.S and, unfortunately, St Louis is on the worst performing list…albeit barely. Continue Reading →

St. Louis makes list of 15 hottest real estate markets in September

By , on October 6th, 2011

That’s right St. Louis! Clear Capital just released it’s monthly Home Data Index™ (HDI), which includes a list of the 15 hottest major real estate markets in the U.S. and St. Louis was on it! Granted, barely, coming in at the number 15 slot, but hey, we were on the list nonetheless! Continue Reading →

St Louis ranked 4th best performing real estate market in U.S.

By , on August 5th, 2011

Clear Capital just released their housing market report which, based upon data available through and including July 2011, has ranked the 15 best and worst performing housing markets in the U.S. based upon their quarter-over-quarter change in home prices. St. Louis came in number 4 on the list of best performing metros with a 12.5 percent quarter-over-quarter increase in home prices! See all the results below:

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