Dallas has fourth-largest home-price gain in nation

​​DALLAS – Big D had the fourth-largest home price increase in the country in July, according to the newly released Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic ​Case-Shiller Home Price Index.​​

Area home prices were up 8.3 percent from a year earlier.
The city trailed only Portland, Ore., Seattle, and Denver, where prices rose 12.4 percent, 11.2 percent, and 9.4 percent, respectively. 

Nationally, home prices rose 5.1 percent year over year. ​​​​​