Here’s a city-by-city look at U.S. house prices in July, after the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city composite showed a 0.6% advance.
The 20 cities exclude a few major metropolitan areas, including Houston and Philadelphia.
| City | Monthly price change (%) | 12-month price change (%) |
| Atlanta | 0.8% | 5.8% |
| Boston | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Charlotte | 0.1% | 4.9% |
| Chicago | 0.9% | 1.8% |
| Cleveland | 0.8% | 3.1% |
| Dallas | 1.2% | 8.7% |
| Denver | 0.7% | 10.3% |
| Detroit | 0.7% | 5.4% |
| Las Vegas | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Los Angeles | 0.4% | 6.1% |
| Miami | 0.4% | 7.3% |
| Minneapolis | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| New York | 0.5% | 1.9% |
| Phoenix | 0.7% | 4.6% |
| Portland | 1.3% | 8.5% |
| San Diego | 1.1% | 5.4% |
| San Francisco | 0.6% | 10.4% |
| Seattle | 0.5% | 7.3% |
| Tampa | 0.6% | 5.5% |
| Washington D.C. | 0.5% | 1.7% |
• Seasonally adjusted, prices fell 0.2%. Prices usually climb in the spring-to-summer season.
• Since the March 2012 lows, the 20-city composite has climbed 35.7%, but it’s still down 12% from bubble-level highs.
• Miami, Tampa, Phoenix and Las Vegas have yet to make new all-time highs.
• Other house price indexes have reported a similar picture. The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s index, which only includes mortgages backed or sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, rose 5.8% over the 12 months ending July, while CoreLogic’s index grew 6.9% over the same time period.