Real House Prices, Price-to-Rent Ratio and Price-to-Median Income in December

And a look at "Affordability"

It has been almost 16 years since the bubble peak. In the Case-Shiller release yesterday, the seasonally adjusted National Index (SA), was reported as being 52% above the bubble peak in 2006. However, in real terms, the National index (SA) is about 12% above the bubble peak (and historically there has been an upward slope to real house prices).  The com…