ALTA.org - "Higher Mortgage Rates Are Slowing Home Price Growth" (6-6-06)

"Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) released its latest quarterly national Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index (CMHPI) which revealed that the CMHPI rose 8.7 percent in the first quarter 2006 on an annualized basis, down from a revised fourth quarter 2005 annualized rate of 12.9 percent and a third quarter 2005 growth rate of 13.7 percent."