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Air Date 6/8/13: Chief Economist, CoreLogic Case-Shiller

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Special Guest: Dr. David Stiff, Chief Economist, CoreLogic Case-Shiller

Home Prices Rise by 12.1 Percent Year Over Year in April

Chief Economist, CoreLogic Case-Shiller, Dr. David Stiff – CoreLogic, joins us in studio to talk about the state of the economy and its effects on housing and prices. Dr. Stiff is the chief economist for CoreLogic’s nationally known Case-Shiller Home Price Index.

Home Prices Rise by 12.1 Percent Year Over Year in April!

CoreLogic, a leading residential property information, analytics and services provider, today released its April CoreLogic HPI™ report. Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 12.1 percent on a year-over-year basis in April 2013 compared to April 2012. This change represents the biggest year-over-year increase since February 2006 and the 14th consecutive monthly increase in home prices nationally. On a month-over-month basis, including distressed sales, home prices increased by 3.2 percent in April 2013 compared to March 2013.

Highlights as of April 2013:  Full Report click: News Release

  • Including distressed sales, the five states with the highest home price appreciation were:  Nevada (+24.6 percent), California (+19.4 percent), Arizona (+17.3 percent), Hawaii (+17 percent) and Oregon (+15.5 percent).
  • Including distressed sales, this month only two states posted home price depreciation:  Mississippi (-1.7) and Alabama (-1.6 percent).
  • Excluding distressed sales, the five states with the highest home price appreciation were: Nevada (+22.6 percent), California (+18.3 percent), Idaho (+16.4 percent), Arizona (+15.3 percent) and Washington (+13.9 percent).
  • Excluding distressed sales, no states posted home price depreciation in April.
  • Including distressed transactions, the peak-to-current change in the national HPI (from April 2006 to April 2013) was -22.4 percent. Excluding distressed transactions, the peak-to-current change in the HPI for the same period was -16.3 percent.
  • The five states with the largest peak-to-current declines, including distressed transactions, were Nevada (-47.3 percent), Florida (-40.5 percent), Michigan (-36.1 percent), Arizona (-36 percent) and Rhode Island (-34.7 percent).
  • Of the top 100 Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) measured by population, 94 were showing year-over-year increases in April, the same as in March 2013.

Full-month April 2013 national data can be found at http://www.corelogic.com/HPIApril2013