Freddie Mac House Price Index Increased in August to New High; Up 4.0% Year-over-year

Austin Prices Down 10.9% from Peak Seasonally Adjusted

Note: The Freddie Mac index is a repeat sales index using only loans purchased by Fannie and Freddie and includes appraisals. See FAQs here. Freddie has data for all states and many cities. For house prices, I’m currently following Case-Shiller, FHFA, CoreLogic, Black Knight, the NAR median prices, and this Freddie Mac index.

Freddie Mac reported that it…