US home prices rise for 6th straight month in Nov.

Home prices rose for the sixth straight month in November, fueled by tax credits for homebuyers. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index released Tuesday inched up 0.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted reading of 145.49. The index was off 5.3 percent from November last year, nearly matching analysts' estimates that it would fall by 5.1 percent. The index is now up more than 3 percent from its bottom in May, but still 30 percent below its peak in May 2006. Home prices fell for the third straight month in Tampa, Fla., where sales of distressed properties comprise about half of total sales.

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