U.S. home prices rose a modest 0.5 percent from January to February, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) monthly House Price Index (HPI). The HPI is also up 4.9 percent in year-over-year.
The HPI is FHFA’s “weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same properties. This information is obtained by reviewing repeat mortgage transactions on single-family properties whose mortgages have been purchased or securitized by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac since January 1975.”
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Overall, the index varied greatly from region to region. Prices fell 1.2 percent in the Middle Atlantic division and rose 1.4 percent in the East South Central. The 12-month changes, however, were all positive — ranging from an increase of 3.5 percent in the West South Central division to 6.5 percent in the Mountain division.