Home Prices Finish Year at Highest Rate of Increase in 34 Years

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Indexes finished 2021 with the single-highest rate of increase in 34 years of data-keeping. In a separate report, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said 2021 home prices rose by 17.5 percent.

Home Prices Stay High

Reports from S&P Dow Jones Indices, New York, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency show home prices across the U.S. continued to appreciate at double-digit percentage rates.

Home Price Index Reports Record-High 19.7% Annual Gain

Annual home price growth of 20 percent—once considered as unrealistic as, say, the Cleveland Browns winning a Super Bowl—is suddenly, like the Browns, a very distinct possibility.

Home Price Reports: Housing Market at Full Speed

If home prices are cooling off, it’s not evident in the numbers: reports from S&P Dow Jones Indices and the Federal Housing Finance Agency show home prices with annual gains of nearly 20 percent.