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House Prices Continue Rising More than Expected According to to a report by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight home prices in the US continued to rise in the 1st quarter of 2006. But the increase was slower than in the last quarter of 2005.

Across the U.S., home prices were 12.5 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2005. The increase in the same period a year earlier had been 13.3 percent.

The typical home's value, though, rose only 2 percent in the first three months of 2006, an annual rate of 8.1 percent. That is about a percentage point below the rate from the fourth quarter of 2005 and the lowest quarterly rate of increase since the first quarter of 2004.

The states with that lead the price increase parade for the past 12 months were: Arizona - 32.81%, Florida - 26.62%, Hawaii - 24.99%, Oregon - 20.96%, DC - 20.84%, Maryland - 20.47%, Idaho - 20.31%, Washington - 19.37% and California - 19.2%.

South Dakota and Iowa actually saw price decreases in the 1st quarter of 2006.

The slowest price increase states for the last year were: Michigan - 2.86%, Ohio - 3.26%, Indiana - 4.18%, Nebraska - 4.45%, Kansas - 4.47%, Iowa - 4.75%, Colorado - 5.10%, Kentucky - 5.53%, Texas - 5.93%
Also, for the first time since late 2002, average home prices fell for the quarter in two states, Iowa and South Dakota.

According to James B. Lockhart III, acting director of OFHEO, the 1st quarter data "... show average housing prices still growing stronger than some might have expected. They do indicate, however, that price growth is moderating in some parts of the country, particularly in areas where prices have been rising the most."

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