National home prices increased 20.9% year over year in March 2022, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI®️) Report . The March 2022 HPI gain was up from the March 2021 gain of 11.1% and was the highest 12-month growth in the U.S. index since the series began in 1976.
Home price growth continued to gain speed in early spring, as eager buyers tried to get in front of the mortgage rate surge. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index posted a 19.8% increase in February, the second month of accelerated growth after a winter lull. This was the strongest February year-over-year increase since the beginning of the data series.
In January 2022, 3.3% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure)[1], which was a 2.3-percentage point decrease from January 2021 according to the latest CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights Report .
After a short respite, home price growth sped up in January. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index registered a 19.2% increase after four months of slowing or flat growth. This was the strongest January year-over-year increase since the beginning of the data series.