Lack of inventory squeezes house prices higher

Housing demand is being supported by a gradual easing in credit conditions, which helped the homeownership rate to pick-up from a 48-year low in the third quarter. But with inventory levels still very low, housing demand is feeding through into higher house price growth, as much as to higher sales.

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