Real Estate

The Rise in US Home Prices Slowed in March as Buyers Pulled Back

Homes in Hercules, California.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Home-price gains in the US slowed in March as listings climbed without a corresponding uptick in buyer demand.

A national gauge of prices was up 3.4% from a year earlier, according to data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller. That was smaller than the 4% annual increase in February.