Home prices bloom with spring sellers on solid ground

Home prices bloom with spring sellers on solid ground

Housing values have a spring in their step for the start of the new season, recording a gain as the mismatch between supply and demand continues driving prices.

Housing values bloom ahead of what is likely to be a very active spring selling season.

Cotality’s national Home Value Index (HVI) rose 0.7% in August, the strongest month on month gain since May last year. The result pushed the annual change...