FUTURE LOOK GOOD FOR HOME PRICES? CoreLogic’s Chief Economist Selma Hepp said that while home prices in December “continued to fall from November, the rate of decline was lower than that seen in the summer and still adds up to only a 3% cumulative drop in prices since last spring’s peak.” This is a far cry from a housing crash of 20% that some in the media have been predicting. In addition, Zillow and Pulsenomics released their Home Price Expectations Survey for the fourth quarter of last year. Survey participants included 117 of the top economists in the country and they were asked about their expectations for home price appreciation over the next five years.