WASHINGTON—Single-family home prices increased 3% from Q2 2022 to Q2 2023, down from the previous quarter’s revised annual growth rate of 4.9%, according to Fannie Mae’s latest Home Price Index reading.
On a quarterly basis, home prices rose a seasonally adjusted 1.9% in Q2 2023, an acceleration from 1.3% growth in the first quarter. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, home prices increased by 3.6% in Q2 2023, the Fannie Mae data show.
“Once again, home price growth surprised to the upside,” said Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae senior vice president and chief economist. “Housing demand remains resilient, which continues to butt up against the near-historically limited supply of existing homes for sale. Moreover, the ‘lock-in effect,’ in which homeowners are disincentivized to list their homes for sale because of how high mortgage rates have risen, is seriously inhibiting the supply of existing homes available for sale. At nearly 8% on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, this past quarter's home price growth was well above the historical average.
‘Remains to be Seen’
“With the 30-year mortgage rate once again approaching 7%, it’s yet to be seen whether mortgage demand will finally cool in response, or whether higher rates will simply further suppress supply,” Duncan continued. “If the latter, we expect additional near-term home price appreciation. One consequence of the stronger home price environment is that new home construction is well-supported. Unfortunately, any hopes of a better-balanced home supply situation may rest on the ability of homebuilders to meet ongoing demand.”
How Data is Produced
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, Fannie Mae explained.
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