South Florida home prices rise in October

South Florida home prices continue to rise at a slow and steady rate, according to a closely watched housing market index released Tuesday.

Home prices in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties were up 8 percent in October 2015 compared to October 2014, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Only San Francisco (10.9 percent), Denver (10.9 percent), Portland (10.9 percent), Dallas (9.3 percent) and Seattle (8.8 percent) saw faster annual growth.

Home prices around the nation rose 5.2 percent, Case-Shiller found.

South Florida saw double-digit gains in much of 2013 and 2014 as investors and foreign buyers pounced on low housing prices left by the recession. But weakening Latin American and European currencies have taken the pop out of a market that many observers feared was overheating.

Home prices for the tri-county area as a whole stand at 73 percent of their pre-crash high, although some waterfront areas including Miami Beach have already surpassed their 2006 peak.

This story was originally published December 29, 2015 at 10:28 AM with the headline "South Florida home prices rise in October."