Tuesday, April 26, 2016

S&P/Case-Shiller: February 2016

The latest release of the S&P/Case-Shiller (CSI) home price indices for February reported that the non-seasonally adjusted National index increased slightly from January with prices rising 0.20% while the non-seasonally adjusted Composite-10 city index increased 0.12% and the Composite-20 city index increased 0.19% over the same period.

On an annual basis, the National index increased 5.29% above the level seen in February 2015 while the Composite-10 city index increased 4.61% and the Composite-20 city index increased 5.38% over the same period.

On a peak basis, all three indices still show significant peak declines slumping -4.88% for the National index, -12.94% for the Composite-10 city index and -11.49% for the Composite-20 city index on a peak comparison basis.