Top 10 U.S. States with Rising Real Estate Prices
Several states are posting year-over-year gains in home values, according to a newly released index for August by CoreLogic, which tracks price changes in repeat sales of homes. According to CoreLogic, here are the states with the largest year-over-year gains in single-family home prices:
- West Virginia: up 8.6%
- Wyoming: up 3.6%
- North Dakota: up 3.5%
- New York: up 3.2%
- Alaska: up 2.2%
- South Dakota: up 1.5%
- Washington, D.C up 1.3%
- Nebraska up 1.1%
- Kansas up 1%
- Indiana up 0.8%
Nationally, single-family home prices were down 4.4 percent year-over-year in August, according to the index. Nevada posted the largest drop, falling 12.4 percent year-over-year.