CoreLogic chimed in this morning with their Home Price Index.  Generally on the conservative side, CoreLogic computes that values have increased 3.4% over the last year and should continue upwards by a further 3.8% by the end of this year.  By way of reference, last month they forecast only a 2.4% home appreciation rate for 2025, so sentiment over there is improving.

Today’s JOLTS report shows that 8.098 million job openings were posted this month, which is way up from the 7.7M expected and from last month’s 7.74M reading.  The Quits Rate fell from 2.1% to 1.9% and the Hiring Rate fell from 3.4% to 3.3%.  Fewer people quitting and fewer getting hired, but more Help Wanted signs give us a mixed bag of news from the JOLTS, which leaves rates unchanged today.  More labor news gets released tomorrow and Friday with ADP and BLS, respectively.