Home prices in Chicago area rise 2.5 percent in June
Home prices in the Chicago metropolitan area rose 2.5 percent in June over May, benefiting from now expired tax credits, according to the latest Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index.
National home prices in May increased 2.9% from a year ago, marking the fourth straight month of yearly growth, according to CoreLogic, an analytics and real estate services provider.