Home price growth continues to remain strong at 7 percent, according to CoreLogic. It recently reported a second consecutive month of 7 percent year-over-year growth in home prices nationally and CoreLogic forecasts prices will increase 4.2 percent in 2018. CoreLogic also indicates that U. S. homeowners with mortgages have collectively seen their equity increase 11.8 percent year-over-year, a gain of $870.6 billion. California homeowners gained some $37,000 in home equity on average between Q3 2016 and Q3 2017, compared to $14,888 for US homeowners.