NEW YORK - Single-family home prices rose 0.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis in March, according to the S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas.
On an unadjusted basis, the index was flat.
Prices fell 2.6% year over year, better than the 3.5% annual decline reported last month.
Still, the indexes ended the first quarter at post-crisis lows, the report noted.