The uptick in house price inflation, to 2.7% in September from 2.3% in August, is consistent with the reported decline in the supply of housing inventory. But with home sales being pulled forward in the largest and most expensive housing markets over rising mortgage rate fears, this spurt in housing activity will prove short-lived.
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