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"Home prices are becoming affordable again, so the decline in prices is likely more than half over," say Dr. Marvin Appel and Gerald Appel of Systems & Forecasts.

Meanwhile, the technical experts believe that long-term investors can now look to get back into the real estate investment market and recommend two ETFs that are based on rental REITs.

"Many analysts do not expect the financial markets to improve significantly until home prices stop falling. The pace of existing home sales remains low, and available inventory relatively high, both indicating that buyers are not yet able to step into the market at current prices.

"However, that could change within a year. Home prices are becoming affordable again, so the decline in prices is likely more than half over.

"The median home price is now more affordable to the median household than at any time since the start of 2004. My analysis suggests that housing prices will have to fall a bit more, but the housing market is not far from being reasonably valued for the first time in five years.

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Interesting post from Bespoke Investment Group this morning segmenting out house price declines in different communities around the U.S.

Needless to say, prices are continuing their downward plunge, and some places have been hit harder than others.

Some takeaways from the article:
  • Using the S&P/Case-Shiller Median Home Price indices to measure drops from house price peaks until now, Bespoke's 10-city index is down 9.4%;
  • San Diego has fallen the most at -16.3%, followed by Miami (-15.3%) and Las Vegas (-14%);
  • Chicago has fallen the least from its peak at -4.1%;
  • Almost all cities (Charlotte appears to be the exception) are down below 1992 prices
How does an investor play this amazing 15-year reversal?

If investors believe we're beginning to reach a bottom (big assumption), take a look at REIT (Real Estate Investment Trusts) ETFs: iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund (ICF), iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund (IYR), iShares FTSE NAREIT Real Estate 50 Index (FTY)

Zack Miller is the Managing Editor of IsraelNewsletter.com and a former equity analyst for a leading multinational hedge fund.

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