Colorado home prices rising at fastest rate in country

Home prices rose faster in February in Colorado than in any other state, according a report Tuesday from CoreLogic, a California firm that tracks housing trends. Colorado home prices, including distressed sales, rose by 9.8 percent between February 2014 and February 2015, according to the CoreLogic HomePrice Index. South Carolina home values had the second-biggest jump, at 9.3 percent, and Michigan was third, at 8.5 percent. At the other extreme, home prices declined 0.9 percent in Connecticut and rose only 0.1 percent in Louisiana.