Home Prices Showed Modest Gains in 2006

Home Prices Showed Modest Gains in 2006

 

Housing prices continued to fall in some housing markets around the nation, according to a government agency report covering price changes during the fourth quarter of 2006, but overall showed modest growth.

 

Nationally, home prices rose 5.9 percent, compared to the fourth quarter of 2005, reported the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), and 1.1 percent from the third quarter of 2006. Year-over-year price increases were the lowest recorded since 1999.

 

"House price appreciation is, for now, more in line with historical norms," OFHEO director James Lockhart said in a statement.

 

The release contrasted with a report earlier in February from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). That reported a 2.7 percent year-over-year decline in median prices of homes sold during the fourth quarter of 2006, rather than just a slowdown in appreciation rates.

 

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