Top 10 U.S. States with Rising Real Estate Prices

Several states are posting year-over-year gains in home values, according to a newly released index for August by CoreLogic, which tracks price changes in repeat sales of homes.

According to CoreLogic, here are the states with the largest year-over-year gains in single-family home prices:

1. West Virginia: 8.6%

2. WYOMING: 3.6%

3. North Dakota: 3.5%

4. New York: 3.2%

5. Alaska: 2.2%

6. South Dakota: 1.5%

7. Washington, D.C.: 1.3%

8. Nebraska 1.1%

9. Kansas: 1%

10. Indiana: 0.8%

Not bad, considering nationally, single family home prices were down 4.4% year-over-year in August, according to the index. Nevada posted the largest drop, falling 12.4% year-over-year.

To learn more about property ownership opportunities in Wyoming, as well as the great tax benefits of owning property here, feel free to call The Gillespie Real Estate Team at Jackson Hole Sotheby’s International Realty at 307-739-8056 or email us at garth.gillespie@jhsir.com.