Home Prices in US Increase With Tight Supply Driving Up Costs
- Annual price growth slowed slightly in May from month earlier
- New York reported the biggest gain in a measure of 20 cities
Affordability pressures from high prices and borrowing costs near 7% have started to weigh on buyers and slow sales.
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Home prices in the US rose in May, with buyers fighting over a slim supply of properties for sale.
A national measure of prices increased 5.9% from a year earlier, according to data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller. While that was slower than the 6.4% gain in April, the deceleration likely had to do with performance in 2023 than recent trends, according to Brian Luke, head of commodities, real and digital assets at S&P Dow Jones Indices.