Prices have been falling for seven straight months, but the decline was a bit smaller in January likely due to a brief drop in mortgage rates.
Home prices have been falling for seven straight months, but the decline was a bit smaller in January, likely due to a brief drop in mortgage rates.A "For Sale" sign outside of a home in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023.Home prices cooled in January, up only 3.8% nationally than they were a year earlier, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index. That is down from 5.6% in December.
The 10-city composite rose 2.5% year over year, down from 4.4% in December. The 20-city composite also rose 2.5%, down from 4.6% in the previous month. "Despite this, the Federal Reserve remains focused on its inflation-reduction targets, which suggest that rates may remain elevated in the near-term," said Craig Lazzara, managing director at S&P DJI, in a release. "Mortgage financing and the prospect of economic weakness are therefore likely to remain a headwind for housing prices for at least the next several months."
Miami, Tampa and Atlanta again saw the hottest annual price gains of the top 20 cities. Miami prices were up 13.8%, Tampa prices up 10.5%, and Atlanta prices rose 8.4%. All 20 cities, however, reported lower prices in the year ending January 2023 versus the year ending December 2022.
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