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The Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index is the nation’s only collection of freely available information that measure changes in single-family home values based on data from all 50 states and over 400 American cities dating to the 1970’s.
The FHFA HPI incorporates tens of millions of home sales and offers insights about house price fluctuations at the national, census division, state, metro area, county, ZIP code, and census tract levels. FHFA uses a transparent methodology based upon a weighted, repeat- sales statistical technique to analyze house price transaction data.
The latest data showed strong price increases. The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced that prices rose nationwide in October, up 1.1% from the previous month, according to its latest Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index.
Home prices rose 17.4% from October 2020 to October 2021. The previously reported 0.9% price change for September 2021 remained unchanged.
Further:
• For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly home price changes from September 2021 to October 2021 ranged from –
0.3 percent in the New England division to +1.7 percent in the East South-Central division.
• The 12-month changes ranged from +13.2 percent in the West North Central division to +23.2 percent in the Mountain division.
“Home prices continue to rise but the rapid pace is curtailing through October,” said Will Doerner, Ph.D., Supervisory Economist in FHFA’s Division of Research and Statistics. “The large market appreciations seen this spring peaked in July and have been cooling this fall with annual trends slowing over the last four consecutive months.”
Bottom Line:
The unprecedented pace tempered in August, moving from “white hot” to “red hot”. Regardless, the major drivers of demand are still present. Housing inventory has increased, giving buyers more options and potentially lower prices. Depending on interest rates, strong sales and housing growth should continue.
Sources: fhfa.gov
