By Jann Swanson | Mortgage News Daily
Both S&P/Case-Shiller and Black Knight Financial Services report that home prices continued to rise in April. Their numbers, while covering different universes and utilizing different methodology, came in at fairly similar levels.
The Case-Shiller National Home Price Index rose 5.0 percent on an annual basis in April, a slightly slower rate of appreciation than in March when the gain was 5.1 percent. The 10-City Composite Index posted a 4.7 percent annual increase, and the 20-City rose 5.4 percent. Both city indices echoed the National Index, with their gains slowing by 0.1 percentage point from March.