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House price increases still strong, but clear deceleration from peak

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House price increases still strong, but clear deceleration from peak The Case Shiller and FHFA house price indexes were reporting this morning, covering the period through December. As you all know well, my mantra is that interest rates lead sales, and sales in turn lead prices. Here’s this month’s update. The monthly increase in the Case Shiller national index (violet) was 0.92%, and the YoY% increase was 18.3%. This is the 4th month of price deceleration from August’s high of 20.0%. Meanwhile, the FHFA purchase-only Index (red) increased 1.2% for the month, and was up 17.6% YoY, a decline from 19.3% in July: The below graph compares the FHFA index (red, *2 for scale) with several measures of home sales, including single-family and total

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House price increases still strong, but clear deceleration from peak

The Case Shiller and FHFA house price indexes were reporting this morning, covering the period through December.


As you all know well, my mantra is that interest rates lead sales, and sales in turn lead prices. Here’s this month’s update.


The monthly increase in the Case Shiller national index (violet) was 0.92%, and the YoY% increase was 18.3%. This is the 4th month of price deceleration from August’s high of 20.0%. Meanwhile, the FHFA purchase-only Index (red) increased 1.2% for the month, and was up 17.6% YoY, a decline from 19.3% in July:


House price increases still strong, but clear deceleration from peak
The below graph compares the FHFA index (red, *2 for scale) with several measures of home sales, including single-family and total permits, as well as housing starts, all YoY:


House price increases still strong, but clear deceleration from peak
YoY housing sales have been decelerating since last April, and are barely positive at all. In fact, single-family permits are slightly negative.


We have almost certainly seen the peak in YoY price appreciation in housing. I expect prices to come very close to flatlining by later in this year sometime, and may even turn negative, i.e., we may see outright price declines as increased mortgage rates really take a bite.

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