Home values soar in Miami, but still off 41% from peaks

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Courtesy of the Miami Herald > Business

Posted on Tuesday, 07.30.13

Home values soar in Miami, but still off 41% from peaks

By Douglas Hanks The Miami Herald

By Douglas Hanks

As South Florida accelerates its recovery from a real estate crash, some markets have officially left their housing wreckage behind.

Dallas and Denver both posted their highest-ever readings in the monthly S&P/Case-Shiller real estate index released Tuesday. The May index has both markets up about 1 percent from past peaks. Compare that to an average 24 percent drop for the 20 metropolitan areas tracked by Case-Shiller, and a 41 percent decline for South Florida.

Metro	Monthly change	Change from pre-13 peak	Index reading
Denver	10%	1%	139.36
Dallas	8%	1%	125.66
Charlotte	7%	-10%	133.85
Boston	8%	-10%	180.81
Cleveland	3%	-17%	123.4
Portland	12%	-18%	185.44
Seattle	12%	-20%	190.55
Washington, DC	7%	-21%	252.91
Atlanta	20%	-23%	136.11
New York	3%	-23%	216.6
Minneapolis	14%	-23%	173.89
San Francisco	24%	-24%	219.3
Composite-20	12%	-24%	206.65
Composite-10	12%	-25%	226.89
Los Angeles	19%	-28%	273.09
San Diego	17%	-29%	251.71
Chicago	9%	-30%	171.32
Detroit	19%	-31%	127.91
Tampa	11%	-39%	239.04
Phoenix	21%	-41%	228.06
Miami	14%	-41%	279.98
Las Vegas	23%	-51%	235.75
Metro	Monthly change	Change from pre-13 peak	Index reading
Denver	10%	1%	139.36
Dallas	8%	1%	125.66
Charlotte	7%	-10%	133.85
Boston	8%	-10%	180.81
Cleveland	3%	-17%	123.4
Portland	12%	-18%	185.44
Seattle	12%	-20%	190.55
Washington, DC	7%	-21%	252.91
Atlanta	20%	-23%	136.11
New York	3%	-23%	216.6
	14%	-23%	173.89
San Francisco	24%	-24%	219.3
Composite-20	12%	-24%	206.65
Composite-10	12%	-25%	226.89
Los Angeles	19%	-28%	273.09
San Diego	17%	-29%	251.71
Chicago	9%	-30%	171.32
Detroit	19%	-31%	127.91
Tampa	11%	-39%	239.04
Phoenix	21%	-41%	228.06
Miami	14%	-41%	279.98
Las Vegas	23%	-51%	235.75

Despite the ongoing damage, South Florida accelerated its recovery in May. Case-Shiller showed property values up 14 percent for the last 12 months, its best yearly increase since May 2006. Compared to April 2013, values are up just under 1 percent in May. A tiny gain, for sure, but also the 17th straight month of increases. That’s the best streak for South Florida in the Case-Shiller report since 82 months of straight gains ended in June 2006 as the pricing bubble in real estate was about to burst.

At its worst, South Florida real estate was down 51 percent on the Case-Shiller index. The trough came in November 2011.

 

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