The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.6 percent in November on a seasonally adjusted basis, in line with economists' forecasts.
Prices on a non-adjusted basis slipped 0.1 percent. The non-adjusted numbers showed prices fell in about half of the cities covered by the survey, with the winter months typically a weak period for housing, the survey said.
S&P/Case-Shiller: US Home Prices Extend Gains
The latest S&P/Case-Shiller report shows U.S. home prices continued to rise through November of last year, with David Blitzer, S&P 500 Index Committee Chairman.
"Housing is clearly recovering", David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones Indexes, said in a statement.
"There's a lot of momentum," he added during an interview on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street." "It shows up in all the housing statistics, not just the prices. As far as I can see it's going to continue well into the new year."
Prices in the 20 cities rose 5.5 percent year over year.
It was the 10th month in a row that prices have increased, the longest string of gains since before the market started to turn down in 2006.
The housing market became a bright spot for the economy last year as prices rose and inventory tightened. The sector is expected to contribute to economic growth in 2013.
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