S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Shows Growth in Annual Home Price Gains to End 2019

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Feb 25, 2020, 10:09 ET

NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for December 2019 show that home prices continue to increase at a modest rate across the U.S. More than 27 years of history are available for these data series, and can be accessed in full by going to www.spdji.com.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 3.8% annual gain in December, up from 3.5% in the previous month. The 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 2.4%, up from 2.0% in the previous month. The 20-City Composite posted a 2.9% year-over-year gain, up from 2.5% in the previous month.

Phoenix, Charlotte and Tampa reported the highest year-over-year gains among the 20 cities. In December, Phoenix led the way with a 6.5% year-over-year price increase, followed by Charlotte with a 5.3% increase and Tampa with a 5.2% increase. Twelve of the 20 cities reported greater price increases in the year ending December 2019 versus the year ending November 2019.

MONTH-OVER-MONTH

The National Index posted a month-over-month increase of 0.1%, while the 10-City Composite posted a 0.1% increase and the 20-City Composite did not post any gains before seasonal adjustment in December. After seasonal adjustment, the National Index posted a month-over-month increase of 0.5%, while the 10-City and 20-City Composites both posted 0.4% increases. In December, 10 of 20 cities reported increases before seasonal adjustment while 19 of 20 cities reported increases after seasonal adjustment.

ANALYSIS

"The U.S. housing market continued its trend of stable growth in December," says Craig J. Lazzara, Managing Director and Global Head of Index Investment Strategy at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "December's results bring the National Composite Index to a 3.8% increase for calendar 2019. This marks eight consecutive years of increasing housing prices (an increase which is echoed in our 10- and 20-City Composites). At the national level, home prices are 59% above the trough reached in February 2012, and 15% above their pre-financial crisis peak. Results for 2019 were broad-based, with gains in every city in our 20-City Composite.

"At a regional level, Phoenix retains the top spot for the seventh consecutive month, with a gain of 6.5% for December. Charlotte and Tampa rose by 5.3% and 5.2% respectively, leading the Southeast region. The Southeast has led all regions for the past year.

"As was the case last month, after a long period of decelerating price increases, the National, 10-City, and 20-City Composites all rose at a faster rate in December than they had done in November; 12 of our 20 cities likewise saw accelerating prices. It is, of course, too soon to say whether this marks an end to the deceleration or is merely a pause in the longer-term trend."

SUPPORTING DATA

Table 1 below shows the housing boom/bust peaks and troughs for the three composites along with the current levels and percentage changes from the peaks and troughs.

	2006 Peak		2012 Trough			Current
Index	Level	Date	Level	Date	From Peak (%)	Level	From Trough (%)	From Peak (%)
National	184.61	Jul-06	134.00	Feb-12	-27.4%	212.59	58.6%	15.2%
20-City	206.52	Jul-06	134.07	Mar-12	-35.1%	218.73	63.1%	5.9%
10-City	226.29	Jun-06	146.45	Mar-12	-35.3%	231.55	58.1%	2.3%

Table 2 below summarizes the results for December 2019. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices are revised for the prior 24 months, based on the receipt of additional source data.

	December 2019	December/November	November/October	1-Year
Metropolitan Area	Level	Change (%)	Change (%)	Change (%)
Atlanta	154.81	-0.1%	0.2%	4.1%
Boston	224.87	0.1%	0.5%	4.5%
Charlotte	167.60	0.0%	0.6%	5.3%
Chicago	143.77	-0.1%	-0.7%	1.0%
Cleveland	126.72	-0.7%	-0.1%	3.6%
Dallas	192.81	-0.2%	0.2%	2.6%
Denver	223.08	-0.1%	0.0%	3.7%
Detroit	127.54	-0.1%	-0.4%	3.4%
Las Vegas	195.18	0.1%	0.4%	2.6%
Los Angeles	289.15	0.0%	0.3%	2.7%
Miami	247.17	0.1%	0.2%	3.2%
Minneapolis	178.42	-0.6%	-0.6%	3.7%
New York	203.09	0.1%	0.0%	1.0%
Phoenix	199.53	0.6%	0.4%	6.5%
Portland	240.56	0.2%	0.1%	3.7%
San Diego	263.51	0.1%	0.3%	4.7%
San Francisco	266.66	0.0%	0.2%	2.1%
Seattle	254.31	0.2%	0.0%	4.1%
Tampa	224.91	0.1%	0.5%	5.2%
Washington	235.07	0.2%	0.1%	3.4%
Composite-10	231.55	0.1%	0.1%	2.4%
Composite-20	218.73	0.0%	0.1%	2.9%
U.S. National	212.59	0.1%	0.1%	3.8%
Sources: S&P Dow Jones Indices and CoreLogic
Data through December 2019

Table 3 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 CoreLogic Case-Shiller 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.

	December/November Change (%)		November/October Change (%)
Metropolitan Area	NSA	SA	NSA	SA
Atlanta	-0.1%	0.4%	0.2%	0.6%
Boston	0.1%	0.7%	0.5%	0.8%
Charlotte	0.0%	0.5%	0.6%	0.8%
Chicago	-0.1%	0.5%	-0.7%	0.2%
Cleveland	-0.7%	-0.1%	-0.1%	0.5%
Dallas	-0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.4%
Denver	-0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.5%
Detroit	-0.1%	0.6%	-0.4%	0.3%
Las Vegas	0.1%	0.4%	0.4%	0.7%
Los Angeles	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.6%
Miami	0.1%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%
Minneapolis	-0.6%	0.2%	-0.6%	0.1%
New York	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.3%
Phoenix	0.6%	0.9%	0.4%	0.7%
Portland	0.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.7%
San Diego	0.1%	0.6%	0.3%	0.9%
San Francisco	0.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.3%
Seattle	0.2%	0.8%	0.0%	0.8%
Tampa	0.1%	0.4%	0.5%	0.3%
Washington	0.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.4%
Composite-10	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.5%
Composite-20	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.5%
U.S. National	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.5%
Sources: S&P Dow Jones Indices and CoreLogic
Data through December 2019

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The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 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 CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National 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 CoreLogic Case-Shiller 10-City Composite Home Price Index is a value-weighted average of the 10 original metro area indices. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-City Composite 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.

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