Top 10 Cities With Rising Home Prices

Case-Shiller Index for September shows more promising data

Nov 27, 2012, 1:49 pm EDT | By Alyssa Oursler, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

7. Tampa, Fla.

YOY Increase: 5.9%

Down in sunny Tampa, home prices were flat from August to September but still increased by just less than 6% over the entire year. That’s 1.7 percentage points better than the one-year change reported in August.

Part of the reason for the long-term rise in prices could be low home inventory in the area. Back in August, for example, foreclosures and low home sales combined to send inventories to a record low.