Chief economist for CoreLogic Frank Nothaft says, “Since the second half of 2014, the dwindling supply of affordable inventory has led to stabilization in home price growth with a particular uptick in low-end home price growth over the last few months. From February 2014 to February 2015, low-end home prices increased by 9.3% compared to 4.8% for high-end home prices, a gap that is three times the average historical difference.”
CoreLogic forecasts home prices will rise 0.6 percent from Feb. to March, and 5.1 percent from Feb. 2015 to Feb. 2016. Home prices have risen for 39 consecutive months. ##
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