Prices rose 13.2% year over year.
U.S. home prices in March posted their biggest annual increase in more than 15 years as the COVID-19 pandemic sped up the flight from city centers to the suburbs, causing demand to outstrip an already tight supply.
Home prices rose 13.2% year over year in March, according to the national Case-Shiller index, making for the largest increase since December 2005. Prices are now 32% above their 2006 peak.
“Massive home buying demand shows no signs of abating despite some rise in mortgage rates and concerns of overheated home price growth,” said CoreLogic deputy chief economist Selma Hepp. “At the same time, hopes that new listings would proliferate as mass vaccinations encourage baby boomers to list their homes is showing little signs of taking place.”
