Real estate trends is a generic term used to describe any consistent pattern or change in the general direction of the real estate industry which, over the course of time, causes a statistically noticeable change. This phenomenon can be a result of the economy, a change in mortgage rates, consumer speculations, or other fundamental and non-fundamental reasons.
MSN reports that home prices have dropped by a record amount and illustrates with a chart of historical real estate prices. See “S&P;/Case & Shiller Housing Price Indices”. Real estate property values have trended upward in the range of 2-5% almost every year since World War II, but for the last 3-5 years they have declined. From 2007 to 2008 prices declined as much as 39% per year -though the average decline appears to be lower.
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