The New York Times has a neat interactive graphic today showing home prices in selected U.S. cities since 2000 (based on the Case-Shiller numbers.)
The two graph lines compare prices in the selected city to the 20-city average. It’s interesting to click through and see how the graph lines change depending on how each city fared during the home price escalations and subsequent decreases.
For example, compare the graph showing Seattle home prices to the graph below, showing home prices in Las Vegas.

