Yahoo Finance Case-Shiller Shows Weakening Home Price Growth: 3.7%
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Ahead of Tuesday’s opening bell to start the holiday-shortened week, a new report for Case-Shiller home prices hits the tape: 3.7% gains for March is below the downwardly revised 3.9% job price gains in the previous month. The Case-Shiller report is a laggard in terms of timing — after all, we’re nearly two full months removed from March — but is also considered among the most accurate economic indicators.
Considering the historic strength of the domestic economy on a host of levels — employment, stalled interest rates, even slight but consistent wage growth — these home price results are a bit of a puzzle. The 20-City composite is down 4% year over year to a paltry 2.7%, led by Las Vegas with home price growth of 8.2%. This was followed by Tampa and Phoenix as the biggest gainers.
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Mark Vickery
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