Home prices are rising in Seattle. Fast. In fact, they're rising faster than they have in eight years. That's according to data from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices released this week, which showed a 7.5 percent jump in Seattle-area home prices in the last year. Prices were up 2.3 percent in March alone. The last time the region's home prices increased that much was before the recession. The growth put Seattle No.