Sentence examples similar to housing indices from inspiring English sources

Other housing indexes mirror the weak Case-Shiller numbers.

Adding to the dark mood was a downbeat report from an important housing index.

The government charters of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac require them to base the loan maximum on the federal housing index.

The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city housing index fell 16.3percentt in July from the same month a year ago, the largest drop since its inception in 2000.

The Conference Board reported that consumer confidence sagged in August, and a Standard & Poor's housing index showed that home prices in the second quarter posted the sharpest decline since 1987.

The Standard & Poor 's/Case-Shillerhousing index released on Tuesday showed that home prices in the New York metropolitan area fell 7.4percentt in July compared with the same month in 2007.

The National Association of Home Builders said this week that its housing index is up from a year ago and about double what it was in the last recession, in the early 1990's.

Lawmakers moved with increasing urgency on Tuesday after a closely watched housing index showed prices nationally had declined in April by more than 15percentt from a year earlier.

Everyone's worried," said Karl E. Case, the Wellesley College economist who helped design the housing index that provided fresh cause for alarm on Tuesday.

That estimate is based on 2010 Federal Reserve data, updated according to changes in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index and the Case-Shiller housing index).

A crucial housing index released Friday showed that home prices in April rose for the first time in seven months as government tax credits bolstered the housing market.