Home prices

• Home prices rose in March from February in most major U.S. cities for the first time in seven months. The increase is the latest evidence of a slow recovery taking shape in the housing market.
(nola.com)
• Just when prognosticators were starting to get more optimistic about a housing recovery comes this news: A major index of US home prices fell to new post-boom lows during in the first quarter.
(The Christian Science Monitor)
• NEW YORK -- U.S. home prices edged higher for the second month in a row in March, suggesting prices are stabilizing as the housing recovery gains momentum.
(San Jose Mercury News)
• Home prices hit new post-bubble lows in March, according to a report out Tuesday. Average home prices were down 2.6% from 12 months earlier, according to the SP/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 major markets.
(Yahoo Finance)
• Home prices in the Chicago area hit a new post-housing crisis low in March, falling to levels not seen locally since April 2000, according to the widely watched SP/Case-Shiller home price index, released Tuesday.
(Chicago Tribune)
• Home values in 20 U.S. cities fell in the 12 months ended March at the slowest pace in more than a year as lower borrowing costs and an improving job market gave sales a boost. A comeback in the housing market might be under way.
(Bloomberg)
• Home prices in Greater Boston increased slightly in March, according to the SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Index. In the Boston area, seasonally adjusted prices rose 0.7 percent in March from February.
(The Business Journal)
• The Case-Shiller Home Price Index hit a post-crisis low in the first quarter, but other signs point to growth.
(MSN Real Estate)
• ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Twin Cities housing market in March posted its second consecutive month of price gains on an annual basis, according to the latest Standard Poors Case-Shiller Home Price Index.
(Marketplace.publicradio.org)