Standard & Poor"s S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices are the "leading measure of U.S. home prices," S & P says in its press releases. Apparently if you say you"re the leader, it must be true, because the financial press appears to buy every word, even if they"re superficially skeptical.
The idea of a real estate "bubble" is scary. Just the thought of a sudden, wholesale decline in housing prices nationwide is nearly enough to get your mind off