The Wall Street Examiner has dismissed claims that recently reported high readings of an index of builder confidence can be used to compare today ’s property market to the market of 2006 . Lee Adler writes that the results are skewed by survivor bias , which can cause unreliably optimistic results by comparing past failures and therefore only representing those most likely to be successful due to circumstance , or , in this instance , by surveying those who may only compare their current circumstances to those during 2008 - 09 . Adler continues to argue that despite misleading figures , growth in the property market is confined to the Southeastern US .
The Wall Street Examiner has dismissed claims that recently published high readings of an index of builder confidence can be used to compare today’s property market to the market of 2006. Lee Adler writes that the results are skewed by survivor bias, which can cause unreliably optimistic results by ignoring past failures and therefore only representing those most likely to be successful due to circumstance, or, in this instance, by surveying those who may only compare their current circumstances to those during 2008-2012. Adler continues to argue that despite misleading figures, growth in the housing market is confined to the Southeastern US.