Since July, San Diego has maintained its spot in third place of U.S. metro areas when it came to year-over-year home price increases. At the beginning, they were up seven percent but they have been steadily rising ever since.

As reported by Times of San Diego, the latest Case-Shiller report ranks San Diego No. 3 once again with an 8.1 percent increase, just behind Las Vegas at 10.2 percent, and Seattle at 12.7 percent.

One of the major reasons the region can’t keep up is because homebuilding permits for 2017 are down 20 percent from last year and the homes that are being built are focused on luxury buyers.

Still, there is a possibility of this trend slowing down with interest rates increases in the new year, as well as a newfound push for more housing.