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published on May 3, 2016 - 7:12 AM
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According to a new report from real estate tracking firm CoreLogic, Valley home prices are up, both on a year-over-year and month-over-month basis.


In Fresno, home prices, including distressed sales, increased 6.2 percent in March 2016 compared with March 2015. On a month-over-month basis, home prices, including distressed sales, increased 1.1 percent in March 2016 compared with February 2016.

In Madera, home prices, including distressed sales, increased 2.7 percent in March 2016 compared with March 2015. On a month-over-month basis, home prices, including distressed sales, increased 0.8 percent in March 2016 compared with February 2016.

In Hanford-Corcoran, home prices, including distressed sales, increased 11.8 percent in March 2016 compared with March 2015. On a month-over-month basis, home prices, including distressed sales, increased 1 percent in March 2016 compared with February 2016.

And in Visalia-Porterville, home prices, including distressed sales, increased 6.9 percent in March 2016 compared with March 2015. On a month-over-month basis, home prices, including distressed sales, increased 0.6 percent in March 2016 compared with February 2016.

The report was based on the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI) and HPI Forecast data for March 2016.

Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, were also up in March, increasing year over year by 6.7 percent compared with March 2015 and increasing month over month by 2.1 percent compared with February 2016, according to the CoreLogic HPI.

The CoreLogic HPI Forecast indicates that Valley home prices will increase by 5.3 percent on a year-over-year basis from March 2016 to March 2017, and on a month-over-month basis home prices are expected to rise 0.7 percent from March 2016 to April 2016.

The CoreLogic HPI Forecast is a projection of Valley home prices using the CoreLogic HPI and other economic variables. Values are derived from state-level forecasts by weighting indices according to the number of owner-occupied households for each state.

“Housing helped keep U.S. economic growth afloat in the first quarter of 2016 as residential investment recorded its strongest gain since the end of 2012,” said Dr. Frank Nothaft, chief economist for CoreLogic. “Low interest rates and increased home building suggest that housing will continue to be a growth driver.”

“Home prices reached the bottom five years ago, and since then have appreciated almost 40 percent,” said Anand Nallathambi, president and CEO of CoreLogic. “The highest appreciation was in the West, where prices continue to increase at double-digit rates.”


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