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S&P: US home prices tumble a record 14.1 pct in 1Q

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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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. ]  X  D3 C. {, n+ c3 S2 MStandard & 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.) w/ @8 Y' U$ {
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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.
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( ?5 Y: O0 U5 vTwo 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.( ]6 g& `7 S) Z" A" W( z4 }

$ L2 P- ~" f5 }& H3 S/ \: M"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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0 d6 [! D; n) h9 {( S+ BNineteen of the 20 metro areas reported annual declines, with 15 of them posting record lows. Six metro areas lost more than 20 percent.; l9 v- p6 C5 b9 z

1 w: ?7 w% ]6 r2 oLas 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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" J. \: M+ t% }9 GLast 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.+ j+ e  ~- U1 m$ t

( w6 E5 Y" A! u( tThe 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.3 H% v, d5 W0 ?- \/ i4 {7 B& Y9 O
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(This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )! `1 a5 i7 y1 Z% i* l' C

' z9 F: l- K6 R6 s# G[ 本帖最后由 水管工 于 2008-6-4 09:20 编辑 ]
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