Home Prices on the Rise for Second Consecutive Month

``Data through May 2011, released by S&P Indices for its S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Indices, a measure of U.S. home prices, showed a second consecutive month of increase in prices for the 10- and 20-City Composites. The 10- and 20-City Composites were up 1.1 percent and one percent, respectively, in May over April... On an annual basis, Washington, D.C. was the only MSA with a positive rate of change, up 1.3 percent. ''