There are understandable concerns from homebuyers about inventory and sky-high prices, but there might have been recent some encouraging news to help alleviate those worries.

Home prices are still going up, but the rate of that increase is slowing down,, according to data from the latest S&P Case-Shiller price index. Prices were up 5.6 percent compared to this time last year. See what the market is like around the country: