• U.S. house prices rose 1.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016

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23 February 2017

U.S. house prices rose 1.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016

U.S. house prices rose 1.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices rose 6.2 percent from the fourth quarter of 2015 to the fourth quarter of 2016. FHFA's seasonally adjusted monthly index for December was up 0.4 percent from November.

"Although interest rates rose sharply during the fourth quarter, our data show no signs of a home price slowdown," said FHFA Deputy Chief Economist Andrew Leventis. "Although it will certainly take more time for the full effects of the elevated interest rates to be felt, there is no evidence of a normalization in the unusually low inventories of homes available for sale, which has been the primary force behind the extraordinary price gains."

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