Nearly five-and-one-half years after April 2007 -- the housing market's national peak -- prices are finally beginning to rebound.

Home values have not dropped month-to-month since January of this year -- a span of 6 months.

According to the Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Index, home prices rose 6.9% between the first and second quarter of 2012, the largest quarter-to-quarter gain since the home-value tracker's 1987 inception.

According to the Federal Home Finance Agency's Home Price Index, home prices rose by a seasonally-adjusted 0.7 percent between May and June 2012. The index is now up 3.0% over the past 12 months, and made its biggest quarterly gain since 2005 last quarter.

The housing market's bottom is 9 months behind us. Home values continue to climb nationwide.

The Federal Home Finance Agency's Home Price Index shows home values up 0.8% in April on a monthly, seasonally-adjusted basis.

According to the Federal Home Finance Agency's Home Price Index, home prices rose a seasonally-adjusted 0.3 percent between January and February 2012.

The government confirms what the private-sector Case-Shiller Index reported yesterday. Nationwide, average home values slipped in October.

The government is confirming what the private sector has already shown -- home values are on the rise.