The wild West Coast home price appreciation party seems to be winding down. ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER ADVERTISEMENTFrom the bottom of the real estate bust in January 2012 to June 2018, here's how much the Case-Shiller Home Price Index increased for those West Coast cities. The big question, of course, is whether this slowdown in home price inflation is good or the beginning of something very bad. Slower appreciation levels are more sustainable, they could help keep the appreciation train moving forward. The fear, of course, is the change foreshadows a change in price direction, that home prices on the West Coast might start to actually fall in 2019.

Source: Forbes February 02, 2019 20:37 UTC