It’s official — home prices are no longer in free fall. According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Home Price Index posted its  since 2007 last quarter. The news was reported Tuesday. The Home Price Index is an interesting metric.  It’s huge in its scope, accounting for every home sold in the country that backs a mortgage bound for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac with two notable exceptions: It doesn’t track new construction It doesn’t track multi-unit homes Because the Home Price Index makes these specific exclusions, and because it doesn’t account for FHA and jumbo mortgages, some analysts discount the HPI’s relevance. ...