Nationwide: Price Appreciation Weakens Dallas Housing Market Outlook

The Leading Index of Healthy Housing Markets (LIHHM), a measure used by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. to measure the health of the housing market, declined in Q3 2017 due to continued rapid home appreciation. A few markets – including the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division – have negative outlooks due to what the Nationwide economists call “unsustainable home price increases, which could limit housing sector expansion.”

The chart below outlines LIHHM performance rankings for the top Texas metros, with -4 the lowest, most negative outlook, and +4 the highest, most positive outlook.