<p>Home prices rose 0.3% in August, less than expected, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)</p><p>Economists had estimated a month-on-month increase of 0.5% for August, compared to 0.5% (revised from 0.6%) in the prior period.</p><p>Here's the latest chart of the house price index:<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5628dfbb9dd7cc10008c3d3e-897-639/screen shot 2015-10-22 at 9.06.44 am.png" alt="Screen Shot 2015 10 22 at 9.06.44 AM" data-mce-source="FHFA" data-link="http://www.fhfa.gov/Media/PublicAffairs/PublicAffairsDocuments/MonthlyHPIOct222015.pdf" /><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.fhfa.gov/Media/PublicAffairs/PublicAffairsDocuments/MonthlyHPIOct222015.pdf">FHFA</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div>And here are price changes broken down by region:<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5628e0449dd7cc25008c3d6d-882-596/screen shot 2015-10-22 at 9.09.56 am.png" alt="Screen Shot 2015 10 22 at 9.09.56 AM" data-mce-source="FHFA" data-link="http://www.fhfa.gov/Media/PublicAffairs/PublicAffairsDocuments/MonthlyHPIOct222015.pdf" /><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.fhfa.gov/Media/PublicAffairs/PublicAffairsDocuments/MonthlyHPIOct222015.pdf">FHFA</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/buy-or-rent-city-mortgage-sale-house-2015-1">We Did The Math: Should You Buy Or Rent In These Major Cities?</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="IwZXRucjqEPxaTQAwrLg8i4P-vCA401l" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'IwZXRucjqEPxaTQAwrLg8i4P-vCA401l',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

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Home prices rose less than expected in August

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