Home Prices Grew 4.7 Percent Year over Year in First Quarter
Fannie Mae's Home Price Index (FNM-HPI) revealed a 4.7% annual increase in single-family home prices from Q1 2022 to Q1 2023, although down from an 8.6% growth rate in the previous quarter. The quarterly growth was 1.0%, seasonally adjusted, and consistent with non-seasonal adjustments. Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae's Chief Economist, indicated that while interest rates have significantly impacted price growth, the slight rise points to pent-up mortgage demand and a persistent housing supply shortage. The lock-in effect discourages homeowners with low mortgage rates from selling, further stressing supply. The FNM-HPI, a comprehensive measure of single-family home prices, has been published quarterly since Q1 1975 and is designed to reflect overall market trends.
- Single-family home prices rose 4.7% year-over-year and 1.0% quarter-over-quarter in Q1 2023, indicating market resilience.
- The continuing pent-up mortgage demand suggests potential for future home sales despite affordability issues.
- Annual growth rate of home prices decreased from 8.6% to 4.7%, highlighting a slowdown in market momentum.
- High-interest rates continue to pose challenges for many buyers and are contributing to affordability constraints.
FNM-HPI Showed Quarterly Increase of 1.0 Percent on Seasonally Adjusted Basis
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Single-family home prices increased at a non-seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.7 percent from Q1 2022 to Q1 2023, down from the previous quarter's revised annual growth rate of 8.6 percent, according to Fannie Mae's (OTCQB: FNMA) latest Home Price Index (FNM-HPI) reading, a national, repeat-transaction home price index measuring the average, quarterly price change for all single-family properties in the United States, excluding condos. On a quarterly basis, home prices rose a seasonally adjusted 1.0 percent in Q1 2023, above the 0.0 percent growth seen in the prior quarter. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, home prices also increased by 1.0 percent in Q1 2023.
"As expected, the annual rate of increase in home prices has slowed dramatically in response to the rapid and significant increase in interest rates," said Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae Senior Vice President and Chief Economist. "Still, the fact that prices rose slightly in the first quarter is evidence of significant pent-up mortgage demand, despite ongoing affordability constraints. Even though mortgage rates remain elevated compared to the previous few years, the acute lack of housing supply remains supportive of home prices. Of course, the shortage of homes for sale is currently being exacerbated by the so-called 'lock-in effect,' which continues to disincentivize huge numbers of households with low mortgage rates from listing their homes."
The FNM-HPI is produced by aggregating county-level data to create both seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted national indices that are representative of the whole country and designed to serve as indicators of general single-family home price trends. The FNM-HPI is publicly available at the national level as a quarterly series with a start date of Q1 1975 and extending to the most recent quarter, Q1 2023. Fannie Mae publishes the FNM-HPI approximately mid-month during the first month of each new quarter.
For more information on the FNM-HPI, including a description of the methodology and the Q1 2023 data file, please visit our Research & Insights page on fanniemae.com.
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Fannie Mae's home price estimates are based on preliminary data available as of the date of index estimation and are subject to change as additional data become available. Opinions, analyses, estimates, forecasts, and other views of Fannie Mae's Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) group included in these materials should not be construed as indicating Fannie Mae's business prospects or expected results, are based on a number of assumptions, and are subject to change without notice. How this information affects Fannie Mae will depend on many factors. Although the ESR group bases its opinions, analyses, estimates, forecasts, and other views on information it considers reliable, it does not guarantee that the information provided in these materials is accurate, current or suitable for any particular purpose. Changes in the assumptions or the information underlying these views could produce materially different results. The analyses, opinions, estimates, forecasts, and other views published by the ESR group represent the views of that group as of the date indicated and do not necessarily represent the views of Fannie Mae or its management.
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