San Diego Tribune–

San Diego had the seventh-highest home price increase in the nation in February, said a key real estate index released Tuesday.

The region’s home price increased by 7.6 percent in a year, said the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices. Seattle had the biggest increase in a year at 12.7 percent.

Other California cities covered by the 20-city index outpaced San Diego. San Francisco was up 10.1 percent in a year and Los Angeles up 8.3 percent.

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