Case-Shiller

Economists Increase Predictions for Housing Double-Dip 

MacroMarkets LLC released their Home Price Expectations Survey for March 2011 which complied a survey of 111 responses from a wide ranging group of economists, real estate experts, investment and market strategists.  The survey utilized the projected path developed by the S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index for the next five years.  Due to weak performance in the last the quarter of 2010, more experts are expressing concerns that the market is trending towards a double-dip in home prices.   Robert Shiller, MacroMarkets co-founder and chief economist said, “Overall, the sentiment among our expert panel regarding the U.S. housing