Home prices rose 6.9 percent year-to-year in January, per CoreLogic’s January U.S. Home Price Insight Report.
Excluding distressed sales, home prices increased 5.8 percent from year-to-year. From December to January, home prices saw an increase of 0.7 percent, including distressed sales, 0.5 percent excluding them.
CoreLogic predicts home prices will see just a 0.1 percent increase from January to February. Year-to-year, home prices are predicted to rise 4.8 percent by January 2018.
“With lean for-sale inventories and low rental vacancy rates, many markets have seen housing prices outpace inflation. Over the 12 months through January of this year, the CoreLogic Home Price Index recorded a 6.9 percent rise in home prices nationally and the CoreLogic Single-Family Rental Index was up 2.7 percent – both rising faster than inflation,” said Dr. Frank Nothaft, the chief economist for CoreLogic.
In January, 13 states, as well as Washington, D.C. hit new home price peaks. Only Maine saw negative home price appreciation.
In Pennsylvania, home prices decreased 0.2 percent from December to January. Year-to-year, the commonwealth only saw an increase of 2.9 percent. CoreLogic predicts that prices will increase 0.1 percent in February, and 3.9 percent by January 2018 in Pennsylvania.
“Home prices continue to climb across the nation, and the spring home buying season is shaping up to be one of the strongest in recent memory,” said Frank Martell, president and CEO of CoreLogic. “A potent mix of progressive economic recovery, demographics, tight housing stocks and continued low mortgage rates are expected to support this robust market outlook for the foreseeable future. We expect the CoreLogic Home Price Index to rise 4.8 percent nationally over the next 12 months, buoyed by lack of supply and continued high demand.”