(Courtesy Mortgage News Daily)
Home prices increased on a year-over-year basis for the
ninth consecutive month according to the
CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI)
released today. The November HPI was
up
7.4 percent from its November 2011 level and represented the
largest jump in
the index in nearly seven years. On a
month-over-month basis the HPI, which includes sales of distressed properties,
was up 0.3 percent. CoreLogic said the
all but six states are experiencing year-over-year price gains.
When short sales and
sales of foreclosed properties i.e.
distressed sales are excluded from the
analysis, home prices nationwide increased by 6.7 percent in November compared
to those a year earlier and increased 0.9 percent from October to November.
CoreLogic's
Pending HPI which is based on Multiple Listing
Service data indicates that December 2012 home prices, including distressed
sales, can be expected to rise by 7.9 percent on a year-over-year basis from
December 2011 and fall by 0.5 percent on a month-over-month basis from November
2012 reflecting a seasonal winter slowdown.
The Pending HPI excluding distressed sales projects an increase
of 8.4 percent increase for December 2012 house prices as compared to those a
year earlier and a positive 0.7 percent change from November 2012 to December.
"As we close out 2012 the pending index
suggests prices will remain
strong," said Mark Fleming, chief economist for CoreLogic. "Given the
recently released
QM rules issued by the CFPB are not expected to significantly
restrict credit availability relative to today, the gains made in 2012 will
likely be sustained into 2013."
"For the first time in almost six years, most U.S. markets
experienced sustained increases in
home prices in 2012," said Anand
Nallathambi, president and CEO of CoreLogic. "We still have a long way to go to
return to 2005-2006 levels, but all signals currently point to a
progressive
stabilization of the housing market and the positive trend in home price
appreciation to continue into 2013."
While six states posted negative price changes on a year over year
basis only two, Delaware and Alabama, remained in that category when distressed
sales were included. The five states
which posted negative price changes on a year over year basis including
distressed sales, were Delaware (-4.9 percent), Illinois (-2.2 percent),
Connecticut (-0.5 percent), New Jersey (-0.5 percent) and Rhode Island (-0.3
percent).
Delaware improved to -3.5
percent and in a real anomaly Alabama dropped from a positive annual change of 2.2
percent to -2.2 percent when distressed sales were excluded.
The states with the highest increases including distressed sales
were Arizona (20.9 percent), Nevada (14.2 percent), and Idaho (13.8
percent. Excluding distressed sales the
greatest increases were in Arizona (+16.5 percent), North Dakota (+12.9
percent), and Nevada (+12.6 percent).
The
national HPI has posted a -26.8 percent change from the peak HPI in
April 2006 including distressed transactions and -20.7 percent
excluding them.
