Housing price further strengthens in October

House prices rose 6.5 percent from July 2019 to July 2020 and were up 1.0 percent for the month. FHFA also revised its previously reported 0.9 percent price change for June 2020 to 1.0 percent.

For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly house price changes from June 2020 to July 2020 ranged from +0.6 percent in the West North Central division to +2.0 percent in the New England division. The 12-month changes ranged from +5.4 percent in the West South Central division to +7.7 percent in both the Mountain and the East South Central divisions.