US home prices climb 12.4 per cent in July US home prices have jumped 12.4 per cent, reflecting a housing market that's increasingly favouring sellers amid a tight supply of available homes for sale. Real estate data provider CoreLogic on Tuesday said that figures show home prices in every state but Delaware climbed on annual basis in July. Ninety-nine of the 100 largest cities reported annual price gains. Home prices grew 27 per cent in Nevada, to lead all states. CoreLogic also says prices rose 1.8 per cent from June, the 17th straight month-over-month increase. Consistent job gains and mortgage rates that are still historically low despite recent upticks are spurring more people to buy homes. That's helped drive prices higher. CoreLogic says US home prices are now within 18 per cent of their peak levels reached in April of 2006.