Morning Scan: Home Prices Flatten in Potential Good News for Buyers;...

Wall Street Journal

The rate of home-price appreciation has slowed, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index for May, which economists say is a good sign more potential buyers will soon be able to afford to buy. After home prices increased at low double-digit percentage rates per month in 2013, price gains per month this year have hovered just above 4%. A recent report from the National Association of Realtors was somewhat misleading. NAR said median...