US housing market: Housing price growth slowed further in August

U.S. home prices rose 13.0% year over year in August, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index. That pace was above year-ago levels but was comparably weaker than July’s 15.6% increase. The slowdown between July and August represented the “largest deceleration in the history of the index,” Craig Lazzara, managing…