Las Vegas maintains status as nation’s top-performing metro after unseating San Jose in November
National quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) home price growth remained unchanged from November, at 0.9 percent for December. National year-over-year growth (YoY) also remained unchanged from November, at 7.3 percent for December. All data reported is based upon Clear Capital’s patent-pending QoQ measurement, which uses the newest data to create timely indices in rolling-quarter intervals, significantly reducing multi-month lag time that may be experienced with other indices.
West Region
The West maintained 1.1 percent QoQ growth for December. Its YoY growth has consistently been 8.4 percent since October, which may indicate a market slowdown.
West metros among the 15 highest-performing metros nationwide:
- Las Vegas, Nev. was the highest-performing metro nationwide, growing 0.2 percent to 2.25 percent QoQ growth
- San Jose, Calif. was among the five highest-performing metros nationwide, and maintained 1.58 percent QoQ growth. Its YoY growth fell 0.42 percent to 14.97 percent.
- Honolulu, Hawaii fell 0.08 percent to 1.24 percent QoQ growth
- San Francisco, Calif. fell 0.13 percent to 1.22 percent QoQ growth
- Oxnard, Calif. grew 0.28 percent to 1.19 percent QoQ growth
- Phoenix, Ariz. grew 0.07 percent to 1.17 percent QoQ growth
West metros among the 15 lowest-performing metros nationwide:
- Seattle, Wash. fell 0.16 percent to 0.67 percent QoQ growth
- Portland, Ore. grew 0.01 percent to 0.67 percent QoQ growth
- San Diego, Calif. grew 0.04 percent to 0.46 percent QoQ growth
Northeast Region
The Northeast also showed signs of a market slowdown, maintaining 1 percent QoQ growth for December, and growing a marginal 0.1 percent to 8.3 percent YoY growth.
Northeast metros that showed substantial gains from November:
- Providence, R.I. was among the five highest-performing metros nationwide, growing 0.44 percent to 1.49 percent QoQ growth
- Philadelphia, Pa. grew 0.2 percent to 1.26 percent QoQ growth
- New York, N.Y. grew 0.17 percent to 1.19 percent QoQ growth
Pittsburgh was among the five lowest-performing metros nationwide, falling 0.43 percent to 0.39 percent QoQ growth. Hartford, Connecticut was the lowest-performing metro nationwide, despite growing 0.08 percent to 0.21 percent QoQ growth.
South Region
The South was the only region to experience growth, and grew 0.1 percent to 0.8 percent QoQ growth for December.
Three south metros were among the 15 highest performing metros nationwide:
- New Orleans, La. was among the five highest-performing metros nationwide, growing 0.34 percent to 1.41 percent QoQ growth
- Jacksonville, Fla. fell 0.03 percent to 1.29 percent QoQ growth
- San Antonio, Texas fell 0.31 percent to 1.28 percent QoQ growth
Seven South metros were among the 15 lowest performing metros nationwide:
- Birmingham, Ala. grew 0.12 percent to 0.69 percent QoQ growth
- Virginia Beach, Va. grew 0.01 percent to 0.63 percent QoQ growth
- Miami, Fla. grew 0.1 percent to 0.61 percent QoQ growth
- Richmond, Va. grew 0.37 percent to 0.49 percent QoQ growth
- Washington, D.C. grew 0.03 percent to 0.41 percent QoQ growth
- Memphis, Tenn. was among the five lowest-performing metros nationwide, falling 0.52 percent to 0.33 percent QoQ growth
- Nashville, Tenn. was among the five lowest-performing metros nationwide, fell 0.14 percent to 0.23 percent QoQ growth
Midwest Region
The Midwest fell 0.1 percent to 0.9 percent QoQ growth for December.
Midwest metros among the 15 highest-performing metros nationwide:
- Detroit, Mich. was among the five highest-performing metros nationwide, despite falling 0.27 percent to 1.44 percent QoQ growth
- Milwaukee, Wis. fell 0.21 percent to 1.19 percent QoQ growth
- Columbus, Ohio fell 0.01 percent to 1.15 percent QoQ growth
Midwest metros among the 15 lowest-performing metros nationwide:
- Dayton, Ohio grew 0.06 percent to 0.69 percent QoQ growth
- Chicago, Ill. maintained 0.55 percent QoQ growth
- St. Louis, Mo. was among the five lowest-performing metros nationwide, falling 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent QoQ growth
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