Real Estate Home Appreciation - Last 12 Months
Last Updated: 5/23/2013

While sales were mixed, home prices rose unilaterally across the county on a monthly and yearly basis. In the Northeast the median price increased to $237,000, up from $234,200 in February and up 3.0 percent from the year before.

The median price in the Midwest climbed to $141,800 in March from $129,700 the previous month and grew 7.8 percent from one year earlier.

The South saw its median price jump to $161,700 from $150,800 in February and leap 10.4 percent from March 2012.

Prices in the West continued to skyrocket as inventory there remained tight. The median price bounded up to $258,100 in March from $236,800 the month before and increased 26.1 percent from the previous year.

Data Source: National Association of Realtors