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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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8 B* g% I% o6 rStandard & 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., u' R9 c$ B. o4 o* S7 {
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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." ~7 E. P. c) F+ k6 V/ `! 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.1 u* f, ^, s6 B0 h4 j6 ^
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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.& B0 ^ b/ N( g
3 g) \2 a/ O( n* U0 `. c! k. Z. |8 tNineteen of the 20 metro areas reported annual declines, with 15 of them posting record lows. Six metro areas lost more than 20 percent.& A. }! ^4 x" Y& X0 | _9 d
: {7 Z/ Q$ R; F1 @+ G1 K4 HLas 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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! x, [; j( l+ b8 O% j a. KLast 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.& i* r7 r# |* G1 O% ~/ D2 J
f4 B: ?, t. P* F6 L0 pThe 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# A* r7 C
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(This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )/ Y' [% c2 S9 t, U0 v
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