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NEW YORK - U.S. home prices dropped at the sharpest rate in two decades during the first quarter, a closely watched index showed Tuesday, a somber indication that the housing slump continues to deepen.
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& t3 Y c3 _6 a: w9 fStandard & Poor's/Case-Shiller said its national home price index fell 14.1 percent in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, the lowest since its inception in 1988. The quarterly index covers all nine U.S. Census divisions./ A! o) `4 H. H( ^* Y
& w! A9 b& F- T9 ]' ?Prices nationwide are at levels not seen since the third quarter of 2004, according to Maureen Maitland, a S&P vice president. However, the index is still up 60 percent versus 2000.. Q" h0 f% |+ M9 w
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Two narrower indices set record declines in March versus the previous year. The 20-city index tumbled 14.4 percent, the lowest since that index was started in 2001. The 10-city index plunged 15.3 percent, a record in its 20-year history.
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9 [. o" D4 ~- V7 \"There are very few silver linings that one can see in the data. Most of the nation appears to remain on a downward path," said David Blitzer, chairman of S&P's index committee.+ J( _# P! k) `9 J9 [$ I3 L. Z
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Nineteen of the 20 metro areas reported annual declines, with 15 of them posting record lows. Six metro areas lost more than 20 percent.7 I( [. _3 \' |( Y. ]
/ q: \6 ?, g ^Las Vegas had the worst performance in March, falling 25.9 percent from a year earlier, followed by Miami and Phoenix. Only Charlotte, N.C., stayed above water, gaining less than 1 percent over the previous year.
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; S! W* T7 g: m5 Y& bLast week, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight said home prices fell 3.1 percent in the first quarter, the largest drop in its 17-year history and only the second quarter of price declines recorded.6 h6 h* _3 n* }6 |8 T: \
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The OFHEO index is narrower in scope and is calculated using mortgages of $417,000 or less that are bought or backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. That excludes properties bought with some of the riskier types of home loans.: [: E" `6 d0 M8 \7 o( R; u
$ B* t, W7 a) G( p% ](This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )% H2 @' _# T J3 T8 v6 u
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