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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. ) v8 r6 ?& l* J# X' a
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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." k( ~- Z% h0 b& A0 d
+ U5 H) R2 |% q1 dPrices 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.: p. ]/ H; h) F4 l1 V$ `2 f+ I
+ x0 Y% l9 N! W: ~& K. `/ `3 }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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( Q C* h) J4 `2 X! y"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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4 P2 O9 `1 D; }; INineteen of the 20 metro areas reported annual declines, with 15 of them posting record lows. Six metro areas lost more than 20 percent.* p# h) {$ v& z# h8 L. L* U
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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., s/ s7 s1 f7 x3 V* R
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Last 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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6 t- h ^$ [* T) I( e* RThe OFHEO index is narrower in scope and is calculated using mortgages of $417,000 or less that are bought or backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. That excludes properties bought with some of the riskier types of home loans.! }* g5 Q. W, H \. Y
6 \" O$ p" |* B8 b* ~(This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )
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