SANTA ANA, Calif., September 15, 2010 – CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, today released its Home Price Index (HPI) that showed that home prices in the U.S. remained flat in July as transaction volumes continue to decline. This was the first time in five months that no year-over-year gains were reported. According to the CoreLogic HPI, national home prices, including distressed sales showed no change in July 2010 compared to July 2009. June 2010 HPI showed a 2.4 percent* year-over-year gain compared to June 2009.CoreLogic made it a point to reiterate that the weakness in housing is spreading and the weakness is continuing to grow relative to market conditions a handful of months back:
"Although home prices were flat nationally, the majority of states experienced price declines and price declines are spreading across more geographies relative to a few months ago. Home prices fell in 36 states in July, nearly twice the number in May and the highest since last November when national home prices were declining," said Mark Fleming, chief economist for CoreLogic.
12 Month House Price Index Change: Single-family combined series
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12 Month House Price Index Change: Single-family combined excluding distressed series.
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This report continues to highlight the difficulties that remain in place for the U.S. housing market. The lack of jobs and disappearing stimulus show how fragile the overall housing market is. Even the absurdly low interest rates aren't enough to offset the poor underlying fundamentals.
Click the following link to view the actual CoreLogic report: CoreLogic Home Price Index Remained Flat in July [Actual PDF Report].
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