Home Price Indices are Out: Portland Still Down.

WSJ story HERE has table by metro area for Case Shiller index. Portland shows 11.8% annual decline, and .5% monthly decline. In a sign that the market has improved in some large market areas, both Los Angeles and Miami show monthly increases.

Oregonian Front Porch Blog story with Portland focus is HERE.

ALSO, new FHFA quarterly index data and report is HERE: (FHFA index includes both purchase and refi loans)

1. Portland annual decline was 8.63% on the FHFA index, while Oregon's was 8.81%.
2. Portland [pg. 37] had the 245th most severe annual decline (out of 297 metro areas)
3. Oregon's decline [pg 15] was the 47th most severe annual decline among states.(Map showing decline by state is on page 16).

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.