Traders are betting that home prices in 10 major cities will drop by 10 percent between mid-2007 and November 2011, according to an analysis of housing futures traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
The contracts have been trading since May 2006, but last month were modified so that traders could bet on prices as long as 60 months into the future. The trading, which has been fairly light so far, is based on expected movements in the S&P/Case-Shiller house price indexes.
Here are the expected four-year changes in average home prices for selected metro areas, based on the futures contracts:
* All 10 metro areas: -10.2 percent
* Chicago: -6.6
* New York: -12.1
* Washington, D.C.: -13.3
* Boston: -13.8
* Denver: -14.4
* Los Angeles: -15.0
* Las Vegas: -18.1
* San Diego: -18.6
* San Francisco: -25.9
* Miami: -27.9
Source: Traders Bet That Home Prices Will Fall 10% – By James R Hagerty, The Wall Street Journal, by way of Realtor.org
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