Shiller’s Bottom Line: Risk Lingers in Housing
"I’m more worried than most people that it could be a short-lived turnaround. It could be like the 2009-10 upturn where we saw home prices rising right after President Obama took office and right after the home-buyer tax credit was instituted. In that upturn there were some cities that did quite spectacularly. And then that fizzled. I’m not too sure that this one will extrapolate either."
Is he ultra conservative or what?
"Yun says he expects total housing sales to be higher in 2013 than 2012, but he doesn’t expect the increase to be as dramatic. However, he expects price increases this year to beat 2012."
US home prices surge in January
Who do you believe? Shiller or Yun?
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