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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. 5 L( M. n, d* [5 Q1 E& o
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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.
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+ @( Y9 C; F1 e1 W6 c q+ KPrices 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. k) _3 z+ t# P* g, A: v
* }. R7 M+ x# }/ q% }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.; R- x! }! D% p( x
1 m; m& `3 u* x, L"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.% u5 `0 @/ Z" g0 W, S- Y6 {
2 C9 A6 X# b: T% [Nineteen of the 20 metro areas reported annual declines, with 15 of them posting record lows. Six metro areas lost more than 20 percent., v* L- q$ h, o y
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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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% Z9 A! G- E1 G/ G9 G& z5 B2 aLast 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./ R" M8 ?* l! l# y0 d/ J
& w) F; \, q$ ]; t1 {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.# D6 x: U+ [9 y& D. f
6 @: C2 |; X, w! R, q. M" v3 \(This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) ) A$ I, S) C. A0 V$ i) o+ e
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