Economic Perspectives

Home Price Gains Depend on Location and Inflation;
Too Early to Call a Top in Home Values

Authored by Brian Jones, FHLBNY Financial Economist

Highlights

June 2018

Buoyed by solid economic conditions and limited supplies of available dwellings, home-selling prices have risen steadily since their post-financial-crisis troughs of 2012. The amount of appreciation has varied widely across the country and the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY) district in both nominal and real terms, however…

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