U.S. Property Values Drop Slightly in April

Property values nationwide dipped about 0.3 percent in April, as measured by the FTSE NAREIT PureProperty Index Series.

Brad Case, NAREIT’s senior vice president for research and industry information, noted that property values were firmer in the Midwest and East regions, both of which saw values increase in the range of 0.6 to 0.7 percent. On the other hand, property values declined by roughly 1.5 percent in the South and 1.1 percent in the West.

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