12 Cities Where Prices Have Risen

This article, by Kiplinger, may interest you:

Here's a look at 12 U.S. metropolitan areas (with populations of more than 500,000) that enjoyed the largest percentage increases in home prices in the year ending September 30, 2012.

The markets in most of these cities featured in this slide show peaked and busted in 2006 and are now well into their recovery. Most of these cities have rates of unemployment at or below the national average, which is indicative of healthy economies that fuel buyer confidence and demand. Supply in most of these cities is low and favors sellers.

Read the rest and see the slide show here.