US DATA: Q4 FHFA data – “While FHFA’s national index shows a 2
percentage point price decline over the latest four quarters, 12 states
and the District of Columbia posted price increases. When coupled with
the fact that about half of all U.S. states saw price increases in the
latest quarter, this growth adds to mounting evidence that real estate
markets are seeing at least some signs of life. FHFA’s expanded-data
house price index, a metric introduced in August that adds transactions
information from county recorder offices and the Federal Housing
Administration to the HPI data sample, fell 0.8 percent over the latest
quarter.”