Home prices rose 0.8 percent between June and July, marking the fourth consecutive monthly increase, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) said Thursday. That string of gains is coming off a streak of declines that was three times as long. Prior to April, FHFA’s index had been on a slippery downward slope for 12 straight months. FHFA’s numbers are calculated using sales price information from mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. » Read More