The most recent measure of home-price appreciation by S&P/Case-Shiller found the Denver market to continue to improve. According to the June 20-city reading, the 1.8% gain in the year-over-year measure was its 8th consecutive increase and placed it at 11th among the markets in the period, while its 0.7% gain from May was only its 4th consecutive monthly gain. As well, the average rate of increase for home appreciation in the 20-city measure surpassed both measures for the Denver market with respective readings of 4.2% and 1.0%.