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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. - O. D# q7 V. K4 W7 u4 }
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Standard & 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.4 ?6 z6 j- A' w0 `
" ~( @: Y5 C2 r, r& Y) f- d \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 2000.3 `2 V, O# p- r9 J8 N m/ U
+ K/ c/ C8 [( u( u5 @$ d3 t wTwo 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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"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.
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/ V( `! y/ a+ iNineteen of the 20 metro areas reported annual declines, with 15 of them posting record lows. Six metro areas lost more than 20 percent.
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7 f& }* s2 M& p7 X/ H# _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.5 K7 X0 N& ?' Y2 x9 z, f# f- |
% f5 [7 B. D! k' X8 JLast 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.
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1 a% ]2 y6 H! r5 d+ H; kThe 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.5 m0 S/ L6 a+ _1 W' h( s/ D/ D0 L
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(This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )( _% w. N6 r7 m
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