The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, a closely watched gauge of home prices in the United Sates, showed price declines continued to worsen in May, with every region measured showing year-over-year drops for the second straight month.

According to the S&P/Case-Shiller, home prices in 20 major metropolitan areas dropped 16% from a year earlier — another record drop — and 0.9% from April.

Separately, the U.S. Conference Board said its July index on consumer confidence moved up slightly to 51.9, from a revised 51.0 in June. The July reading was slightly better than the 51.0 reading that was the expectation of forecasters.

The Conference Board’s present situation index was nearly unchanged at 65.3, from 65.4 the month before. Hopes for the future saw some improvement, with the expectations index improving to 43.0, from a revised 41.4 the month before.

Consumers’ view on the economy suggests “there has been no significant improvement, nor significant deterioration, in business or labor conditions,” said Lynn Franco, director of the private research group’s Consumer Research Center, in a release. “While consumers remain extremely grim about short-term prospects, the modest improvement in expectations, often a harbinger of economic times to come, bears careful watching over the next few months,” she said.