
Home Price Gains Have Slowed Down
September brought on the slowest rise in home prices while providing decent sale gains and more variety in sale inventory. According to the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of home prices in 20 major cities, September marked a 4.9 percent increase; in comparison to a year ago but a 5.6 percent decrease compared to August. For the first time in seven months, the 20-city index was unchanged. Nine of the 20