Home Prices Continue Gains In April According To The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

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Jun 28, 2016, 09:44 ET

NEW YORK, June 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for April 2016 shows that home prices continued their rise across the country over the last 12 months. More than 27 years of history for these data series is available, and can be accessed in full by going to www.homeprice.spdji.com. Additional content on the housing market can also be found on S&P Dow Jones Indices' housing blog: www.housingviews.com

YEAR-OVER-YEAR

The S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 5.0% annual gain in April, down from 5.1% the previous month. The 10-City Composite posted a 4.7% annual increase, down from 4.8% in March. The 20-City Composite reported a year-over-year gain of 5.4%, down from 5.5% from the prior month.

Portland, Seattle, and Denver reported the highest year-over-year gains among the 20 cities with another month of annual price increases. Portland led the way with a 12.3% year-over-year price increase, followed by Seattle at 10.7%, and Denver with a 9.5% increase. Nine cities reported greater price increases in the year ending April 2016 versus the year ending March 2016.

MONTH-OVER-MONTH

Before seasonal adjustment, the National Index posted a month-over-month gain of 1.0% in April. The 10-City Composite recorded a 1.0% month-over-month increase, while the 20-City Composite posted a 1.1% increase in April. After seasonal adjustment, the National Index recorded a 0.1% month-over-month increase, the 10-City Composite posted a 0.3% increase, and the 20-City Composite reported a 0.5% month-over-month increase. After seasonal adjustment, 15 cities saw prices rise, two cities were unchanged, and three cities experienced negative monthly prices changes.

ANALYSIS

"The housing sector continues to turn in a strong price performance with the S&P/Case-Shiller National Index rising at a 5% or greater annual rate for six consecutive months," says David M. Blitzer, Managing Director and Chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "The home price increases reflect the low unemployment rate, low mortgage interest rates, and consumers' generally positive outlook. One result is that an increasing number of cities have surpassed the high prices seen before the Great Recession. Currently, seven cities – Denver, Dallas, Portland OR, San Francisco, Seattle, Charlotte, and Boston – are setting new highs.

"However, the outlook is not without a lot of uncertainty and some risk. Last week's vote by Great Britain to leave the European Union is the most recent political concern while the U.S. elections in the fall raise uncertainty and will distract home buyers and investors in the coming months. The details in the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price data also hint at possible softness. Seasonally adjusted figures in the report show that three cities saw lower prices in April compared to only one city in March. Among the 20 cities, 16 saw either declines or smaller increases in monthly prices in the seasonally adjusted numbers."

SUPPORTING DATA

Table 1 below summarizes the results for April 2016. The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices are revised for the prior 24 months, based on the receipt of additional source data.

	April 2016	April/March	March/February	1-Year
Metropolitan Area	Level	Change (%)	Change (%)	Change (%)
Atlanta	129.44	1.3%	1.1%	6.5%
Boston	186.60	1.5%	1.1%	5.7%
Charlotte	139.02	1.7%	0.8%	5.0%
Chicago	132.97	2.0%	1.3%	3.1%
Cleveland	109.22	1.0%	0.1%	2.9%
Dallas	161.66	1.3%	1.4%	8.6%
Denver	181.77	1.4%	1.6%	9.5%
Detroit	105.15	1.3%	0.6%	5.7%
Las Vegas	148.09	0.6%	0.7%	5.7%
Los Angeles	246.18	0.8%	0.6%	5.9%
Miami	211.18	1.1%	1.1%	6.4%
Minneapolis	149.49	1.9%	0.8%	4.8%
New York	180.22	0.3%	0.3%	2.6%
Phoenix	158.73	0.7%	0.3%	5.5%
Portland	198.69	1.7%	1.5%	12.3%
San Diego	223.05	0.8%	1.1%	6.3%
San Francisco	227.24	1.5%	2.3%	7.8%
Seattle	197.03	2.1%	2.4%	10.7%
Tampa	181.16	0.9%	0.9%	7.8%
Washington	213.52	1.8%	0.7%	1.9%
Composite-10	200.78	1.0%	0.9%	4.7%
Composite-20	186.63	1.1%	1.0%	5.4%
U.S. National	178.69	1.0%	0.7%	5.0%
Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices and CoreLogic
Data through April 2016

Table 2 below shows a summary of the monthly changes using the seasonally adjusted (SA) and non-seasonally adjusted (NSA) data. Since its launch in early 2006, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices have published, and the markets have followed and reported on, the non-seasonally adjusted data set used in the headline indices. For analytical purposes, S&P Dow Jones Indices publishes a seasonally adjusted data set covered in the headline indices, as well as for the 17 of 20 markets with tiered price indices and the five condo markets that are tracked.

	April/March Change (%)		March/February Change (%)
Metropolitan Area	NSA	SA	NSA	SA
Atlanta	1.3%	0.0%	1.1%	0.7%
Boston	1.5%	0.6%	1.1%	0.9%
Charlotte	1.7%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%
Chicago	2.0%	0.5%	1.3%	1.2%
Cleveland	1.0%	-0.4%	0.1%	-0.4%
Dallas	1.3%	0.1%	1.4%	0.8%
Denver	1.4%	0.6%	1.6%	0.8%
Detroit	1.3%	1.0%	0.6%	1.0%
Las Vegas	0.6%	0.5%	0.7%	0.3%
Los Angeles	0.8%	0.0%	0.6%	0.4%
Miami	1.1%	0.6%	1.1%	0.7%
Minneapolis	1.9%	0.3%	0.8%	1.7%
New York	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.7%
Phoenix	0.7%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%
Portland	1.7%	0.7%	1.5%	0.9%
San Diego	0.8%	-0.2%	1.1%	0.8%
San Francisco	1.5%	-0.3%	2.3%	0.8%
Seattle	2.1%	0.9%	2.4%	1.0%
Tampa	0.9%	0.1%	0.9%	0.7%
Washington	1.8%	0.2%	0.7%	0.4%
Composite-10	1.0%	0.3%	0.9%	0.6%
Composite-20	1.1%	0.5%	1.0%	0.8%
U.S. National	1.0%	0.1%	0.7%	0.1%
Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices and CoreLogic
Data through April 2016

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S&P Dow Jones Indices has introduced a new blog called HousingViews.com. This interactive blog delivers real-time commentary and analysis from across the Standard & Poor's organization on a wide-range of topics impacting residential home prices, homebuilding and mortgage financing in the United States. Readers and viewers can visit the blog at www.housingviews.com, where feedback and commentary is certainly welcomed and encouraged.

The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices are published on the last Tuesday of each month at 9:00 am ET. They are constructed to accurately track the price path of typical single-family homes located in each metropolitan area provided. Each index combines matched price pairs for thousands of individual houses from the available universe of arms-length sales data. The S&P/Case-Shiller National U.S. Home Price Index tracks the value of single-family housing within the United States. The index is a composite of single-family home price indices for the nine U.S. Census divisions and is calculated quarterly. The S&P/Case-Shiller Composite of 10 Home Price Index is a value-weighted average of the 10 original metro area indices. The S&P/Case-Shiller Composite of 20 Home Price Index is a value-weighted average of the 20 metro area indices. The indices have a base value of 100 in January 2000; thus, for example, a current index value of 150 translates to a 50% appreciation rate since January 2000 for a typical home located within the subject market. These indices are generated and published under agreements between S&P Dow Jones Indices and CoreLogic, Inc.

The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices are produced by CoreLogic, Inc. In addition to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, CoreLogic also offers home price index sets covering thousands of zip codes, counties, metro areas, and state markets. The indices, published by S&P Dow Jones Indices, represent just a small subset of the broader data available through CoreLogic.

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