Home Prices Continue to Rise; May by 0.8 Percent
Oxford, Miss. (July 21, 2011) – FNC announced Thursday that U.S. home prices continued to show notable upward trends in May, extending April gains for two consecutive months of positive price momentum. Despite record foreclosure activity and rising unemployment rates in recent months, the single-family housing market continues to show signs of price stabilization in line with rising activities in new housing starts and building permits. Based on the latest data on non-distressed home sales (existing and new homes), FNC’s Residential Price Index™ [1] (RPI) indicates that single-family