Wednesday, January 16, 2019

National Update

The S&P/Case-Shiller® Home Price Index® numbers have been released for the latest sales period (August through October) and the 20 focus cities fared as follows on a month to month basis:
  1. Phoenix +0.70%
  2. New York +0.41%
  3. Las Vegas +0.33%
  4. Charlotte +0.30%
  5. Tampa +0.27%
  6. Atlanta +0.16%
  7. Miami +0.14%
  8. Boston +0.13%
  9. Los Angeles +0.11%
  10. Washington +0.02%
  11. Dallas +0.01%
  12. Detroit -0.02%
  13. San Diego -0.12%
  14. Minneapolis -0.13%
  15. Denver -0.28%
  16. Chicago -0.35%
  17. Cleveland -0.52%
  18. Portland -0.55%
  19. San Francisco -0.71%
  20. Seattle -1.05%
Once again Phoenix is at the top of the table has opened up a gap ahead of number 2 New York.
We see almost half of the focus cities with negative changes, but this is partly due to seasonality and the national average was +0.10%. Phoenix was seven times the national average and is over-performing again. As a result, it even made a mention in the Case-Shiller press release. Seattle took another large hit for a single month while San Francisco and Portland are slowing after very strong gains over the past 4 years.
For the year over year numbers we see:
  1. Las Vegas +12.8%
  2. San Francisco +7.9%
  3. Phoenix +7.7%
  4. Seattle +7.3%
  5. Denver +6.9%
  6. Tampa +6.4%
  7. Detroit +6.0%
  8. Atlanta +6.0%
  9. Minneapolis +5.9%
  10. Los Angeles +5.5%
  11. Boston +5.4%
  12. Charlotte +5.0%
  13. Portland +4.9%
  14. Cleveland +4.8%
  15. Miami +4.8%
  16. Dallas +3.9%
  17. San Diego +3.8%
  18. Chicago +3.3%
  19. New York +3.1%
  20. Washington +2.9%
The national average was +5.5% so Phoenix was well ahead of that, and it moved up to 3rd place from 5th place last month. None of the focus cities is showing a negative move year over year.
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Chris Tiller Commentary: The cautionary note with the Case-Shiller® Home Price Index® is that it is reporting data that's several months old (August - October).
What we're seeing currently in the Valley and Statewide generally are modest price gains; shorter market times and relative supply / demand balance. 

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