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The chart is somewhat deceptive because the vertical axis does not begin with zero. With that said, that recent spike to 200 is pretty astounding.
by orijing 16y ago
The chart is somewhat deceptive because the vertical axis does not begin with zero. With that said, that recent spike to 200 is pretty astounding.
- 18pfsmt 16y agoWell, C-S Index was begun in 1890 where it was given a value of 100. Notes from the chart: "The 1890 benchmark is 100 on the chart. If a standard house sold for $100,000 (inflation-adjusted to today's dollars), an equivalent standard house would have sold for $66,000 in 1920 (66 on the index scale) and $199,000 in 2006 (199 on the index scale, or 99% higher than in 1890)."
- sesqu 16y agoThe log-scale suggested in the comments would also be interesting. I graphed all three with S&P's data: http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3978/caseshiller.png http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3978/caseshiller.png It's only from Jan 1987, and they've set Jan 2000 as 100. I accidentally flipped colors in one - the smaller values are from composite 20, the larger ones from composite 10. Personally, I think the cut off one is worst. edit: just for the heck of it, I made a diffed one to show growth. I unfortunately didn't add a line at 0, but here it is anyway: http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/3557/caseshillerdiff.png http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/3557/caseshillerdiff.png