Lessons; From Home Prices 2019 On The Upswing!

February 10, 2020

National home prices increased 4% year over year in December 2019 and are forecast to increase 5.2% from December 2019 to December 2020, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI®) Report. The December 2019 HPI gain was down from the December 2018 gain of 4.4% and was up from the November 2019 gain of 3.5%. Price appreciation averaged 3.6% for full year 2019, a large slowdown from the 2018 full year average of 5.8%. Home price growth started last year off at 4.2% in January, dipped down to 3.3% in late summer, but then started climbing back in November, reaching 4% at the end of the year. The full year average for 2020 is expected to climb to 4.6%.

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