cover image: National Home Price Appreciation (HPA) Index—September 2024

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National Home Price Appreciation (HPA) Index—September 2024

24 Oct 2024

National YoY HPA for September 2024 was 4.2%, down from 4.6% a month ago and 4.7% a year ago. Historically, HPA in the low price tier has outpaced HPA in the upper price tiers. Compared to a year ago, the rate of YoY HPA increased only for the low price tier. YoY HPA varied significantly among the 60 largest metros. It ranged from -5.3% in North Port (-7.8% inflation-adjusted) to +9.4% (6.9% inflation-adjusted) in Louisville. Austin has the largest HPA drop since its peak in April 2022, with a cumulative decline of 13.0% (down -0.5% YoY in September). Among the 60 largest metros, year-over-year home price appreciation has a strong inverse relationship with the months’ remaining supply. In a break from the typical downward seasonal trend (2017-2019), September 2024 housing inventory was up 2.1% from August 2024. It was also up 24% from September 2023. Compared to August 2024, September 2024 months’ supply increased across all price tiers. 55 of the 60 largest metros experienced a seller’s market (months’ supply < 7 mo.) of varying intensities in September 2024. There were five exceptions, four of which were in Florida (Cape Coral, North Port, Austin, Deltona, and Palm Bay), all of which experienced negative YoY HPA.
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Authors

Tobias Peter, Edward J. Pinto

Pages
3
Published in
United States of America

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