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25.06.2024

U.S. home prices soar more than anticipated in April - S&P Dow Jones Indices

S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) reported on Tuesday its Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which tracks home prices in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas, showed a 7.2 per cent y-o-y soar in April, following an upwardly revised 7.5 per cent y-o-y surge (from +7.4 per cent y-o-y) in March. This was the weakest annual gain in house prices in three months.

Economists had forecast an advance of 6.9 per cent y-o-y.

According to the report, all 20 cities posted y-o-y increases in prices in April, led by San Diego (+10.3 per cent y-o-y), New York (+9.4 per cent y-o-y), and Chicago (+8.7 per cent y-o-y). 

The S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, which measures all nine U.S. census divisions, jumped 6.3 per cent y-o-y in April, following an unrevised 6.5 per cent y-o-y climb in the previous month.

On a m-o-m basis, the U.S. National Index rose 1.2 per cent, and the 20-City Composite increased 1.4 per cent. 

Commenting on the latest data, Brian D. Luke, Head of Commodities, Real & Digital Assets at S&P DJI, noted that 2024 is closely tracking the strong start observed last year, where March and April recorded the largest rise seen before a slowdown in the summer and fall. “Heading into summer, the market is at an all-time high, once again testing its resilience against the historically more active time of the year,” he added. 

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