US house prices rose in 3Q 2019, up +1.1%, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices in the US rose +4.9% from 3Q 2018 to 3Q 2019. FHFA's seasonally adjusted monthly index for September was up +0.6% from August.

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Madison’s Lumber Reporter: US house prices rose in 3Q 2019

Madison’s Lumber Reporter: US house prices rose in 3Q 2019

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US house prices rose in 3Q 2019, up +1.1%, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices in the US rose +4.9% from 3Q 2018 to 3Q 2019. FHFA's seasonally adjusted monthly index for September was up +0.6% from August

According to the latest home price forecast from property data firm CoreLogic, US home prices should tick up by +5.6% by next September - up from the +3.5% jump of this year.

The Case Shiller Home Price Index in the US reached an all-time high of 218.27 Index Points in September of 2019.

US house price appreciation inched up slightly in September with year-ago growth in the 20-city composite index rising to 2.1%, up from 2% in August, said the latest Case Shiller indices from Moody's Analytics. In addition, year-ago growth in the 10-city composite index held steady at 1.5%. Further, growth in the national house price index increased to 3.2% from 3.1% in the previous month.