House Prices Increase Slightly in Third Quarter
November 24, 2009 Posted by FHFA
Washington, DC - November 24, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. house prices rose modestly in the third quarter of 2009 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) seasonally adjusted purchase-only house price index (HPI). The HPI, calculated using home sales price information from Fannie Maeand Freddie Mac-acquired mortgages, was 0.2 percent higher on a seasonally adjusted basis in the third quarter than in the second quarter of 2009. Over the past year, seasonally adjusted prices fell 3.8 percent from the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of 2009. The quarterly report analyzing housing price appreciation trends was released today by FHFA Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco
U.S. Monthly House Price Index Estimates 0.7 Percent Price Increase From January to February
April 22, 2009 Posted by FHFA
WASHINGTON, DC - April 22, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. home prices rose 0.7 percent on a seasonally-adjusted basis from January to February, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. January’s previously reported 1.7 percent increase was revised to a 1.0 percent increase. For the 12 months ending in February, U.S. prices fell 6.5 percent. The U.S. index is 9.5 percent below its April 2007 peak.
U.S. Monthly House Price Index Estimates 1.1 percent Price Decline from September to October
December 23, 2008 Posted by FHFA
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. home prices fell 1.1 percent on a seasonally-adjusted basis from September to October, less than the 1.2 percent decline in the prior month, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. For the 12 months ending in October, U.S. prices fell 7.5 percent. The decline since the April 2007 peak is 8.8 percent.
U.S. HOUSE PRICES SLOW
September 7, 2007 Posted by RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. home prices increased only slightly in the second quarter of 2007 according to the OFHEO House Price Index (HPI). The HPI, which is based on data from sales and refinance transactions, was 0.1 percent higher in the second quarter than in the first quarter of 2007. This is below the revised growth rate of 0.6 percent for the previous quarter and the lowest since the fourth quarter of 1994. Prices in the second quarter of 2007 were 3.2 percent higher than they were in the same quarter of 2006, the lowest annual price change since the 1996-97 period.
