The start to the story is the same as it has been for months: the most recent housing price data came in, and prices jumped. However, the influence of extremely speculative markets (think: Miami and...

First the forest: The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, with data just released for April, continues to climb at a double-digit rate. Prices for the index, which aggregates 20 metro areas around the country, rose 10.8%...

It's finally fair to call a real estate bull market. This month's S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index was up 0.9% month-over-month (comparing data for March, just released today, to February). That's a good data point, but...

As expected, housing price gains slowed this month as reflected by the S&P/Case-Shiller index. The 20-city composite, an index of major metropolitan areas from Atlanta to Washington, D.C., rose 12.9% year-over-year for the month ending...

Still down month-to-month though