Just out:

NEW YORK, MARCH 25, 2025: S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) today released the January 2025 results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices. The leading measure of U.S. home prices recorded a 4.1% annual gain in January 2025, a slight increase from the previous reading in December 2024.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 4.1% annual return for January, up from a 4% annual gain in the previous month. The 10-City Composite saw an annual increase of 5.3%, up from a 5.2% annual increase in the previous month. The 20-City Composite posted a year-over-year increase of 4.7%, up from a 4.5% increase in the previous month. New York again reported the highest annual gain among the 20 cities with a 7.7% increase in January, followed by Chicago and Boston with annual increases of 7.5% and 6.6%, respectively. Tampa posted the lowest return, falling 1.5%.

MONTH-OVER-MONTH
The pre-seasonally adjusted U.S. National and 20-City Composite Indices presented slight upward trends in January, with both posting 0.1% increases. The 10-City Composite posted a monthly return of 0.2%.
After seasonal adjustment, the 20-City and 10-City Composite Indices posted month-over-month
increases of 0.5%. The U.S National posted a month-over-month increase of 0.6%

Which means what for the end of the world, exactly?

Hmm…doesn’t look like that will be along today, anyway:

And, would you know it?

Stock futures turned up and the world’s end has been postponed.

At least until after lunch.

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