The pace of U.S. home price appreciation continued to slow in December, according to data from CoreLogic, with prices rising 4.7% compared with the year before and just 0.1% from November. Home price growth slackened significantly in the second half of 2018, slowing to an average of 5.2% for the last six months, down from 6.4% in the first six. CoreLogic predicts that home prices will see an annual increase of 3.4% in 2019.