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Slide in U.S. House Prices Slows in March
IAS360 Data Indicate Regional Changes Tracking Local Job Markets
| Source: Integrated Asset Services
DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - May 12, 2009) - Integrated Asset Services®, LLC (IAS®)
(www.iasreo.com), a leading provider of end-to-end mortgage services
solutions, today released its latest IAS360™ House Price
Index. Based on the timeliest and most granular data available in the
industry, the benchmark index showed national house prices falling another
1.0% in March.
The March numbers come on top of a 3.0% drop in February and a 3.5% plunge
in January, the index's worst single-month decline ever. On a
year-over-year basis, U.S. house prices are now down 13.9%, with a full
10.7% coming since September when the economy began unwinding. IAS360
reports prices down 17.7 % from the height of the real estate bubble in
2006.
At the U.S. Census region levels, declines in house prices correlated to
initial unemployment claims in the respective areas. Of the four regions,
IAS360 reported the Midwest region falling the most in March, with a 2.5%
drop for the month. At the same time, the Labor of Bureau Statistics
reported the region registering the highest number of initial unemployment
claims (81,957) for the same period. Among the other regions, house prices
fell 1.3% in the South, 0.8% in the West, and remained unchanged in the
Northeast, which also reported the smallest number of initial jobless
claims.
"There was at least some leveling off in house prices for March but it's
too soon to call it a rebound in the housing market," said Dave McCarthy, President
and CEO of Integrated Asset Services. "We'll keep looking at prices at the
county level to see if there's any cumulative light emerging at the end of
the tunnel."
Among metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), IAS360 reports that five out
of ten largest MSAs in the U.S. are down 20% or more since the housing
market crashed in December 2006. San Francisco, the country's hardest hit
MSA, fell another 3.1% in March, mostly the result of Alameda County, which
declined 10.6%. IAS360's unique granular data showed that two counties in
the San Francisco MSA -- Contra Costa and Marin -- appreciated for the
period gaining 1.7% and 0.6% respectively. Las Vegas, the nation's second
most distressed MSA, was down 2.7%. Los Angeles, meanwhile, appeared as
one of the few bright spots anywhere, with house prices gaining 0.2% for
the month, the first time this MSA has seen an increase since April 2008.
Inside the region, IAS360 shows Orange County declining 3.2% while Los
Angeles County rose 1.1%.
The IAS360 House Price Index is a comprehensive housing index tracking
monthly change in the median sales price of detached single-family
residences across the U.S. The index, based on all arms-length
transactions, tracks data of 15,000 "neighborhoods," which are rolled up to
report on the changes in 360 counties, nine census divisions, four regions,
and the nation overall. The IAS360 House Price Index is delivered on a
monthly basis.
Integrated Asset Services' high-tech and high-touch end-to-end mortgage
service solutions (http://www.iasreo.com/client_services.html) offer a
unique combination of expert services and technology delivering the full
spectrum of mortgage services including due diligence, servicing, collateral valuation platform
and data analytics that are
unmatched in the industry. Integrated Asset Services also
provides traditional valuation products and full service REO Management and Disposition.
Editor's Note: Additional IAS360 data, charts, and
interviews are available upon request. Data for full year 2008 and since
the peak of 2006 are available at levels from national to MSA to
neighborhood.
About Integrated Asset Services, LLC
IAS (www.iasreo.com) is a privately held Colorado-based corporation
specializing in default mortgage services including valuation,
reconciliation and full cycle REO disposition. The Company's advanced
valuation and volatility technology combined with its expert professional
services help its clients reduce exposure while expediting the entire asset
management process. Founded by REO industry experts, IAS provides services
that go beyond industry expectations, from the level of integrity of its
employees to the measurably better service it routinely provides.
This press release contains various forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding
future results of operations and market opportunities that are based on
IntelliReal and IAS' current expectations, assumptions, estimates and
projections about the company and its industry. Investors are cautioned
that actual results could differ materially from those anticipated by the
forward-looking statements as a result of the success of IAS' branding and
consumer awareness campaign and other marketing efforts; competition from
existing and potential competitors; and IAS's ability to continue to
develop and integrate new products, services and technologies. Due to the
timeliness of the data, the IAS360 House Price Index is subject to
revisions on a monthly basis.


