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

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.