Seattle home sales prices edge up in April .23% - first rise in a year per Seattle Times article.

What's most important is that this is from the Case/Shiller index, which tracks home prices in 20 metro areas and the Seattle area is comprised from Tacoma to Everett and Bellevue. This is good news as the north and south ends have been hard hit with Short-Sales and Foreclosures, pushing home prices lower for the indexed area. As I've said before, closer to downtown Seattle and downtown Bellevue the prices have held much firmer and even going up in the Beacon Hill/Rainier Valley area (see previous blog entry.) Everything is not rosy yet but at least it is headed the right way. Click here to see the entire Seattle Times article on home price increases in Seattle.