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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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  N. T, |: }( IStandard & 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.8 y' @! z( C# f
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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.+ ^: }6 [+ i. D# q) Z5 Y2 t

# Y- y" B. V! @% `3 Q+ mTwo 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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( F3 u3 H3 o3 e' E' o5 `. c% O"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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+ Z  U+ v7 F. Z" f. Y0 X- }$ ZNineteen of the 20 metro areas reported annual declines, with 15 of them posting record lows. Six metro areas lost more than 20 percent.! {' b0 r1 S* n
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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.1 V2 p0 J+ ]: X2 G) g9 l% k

  X  J' s: y" @3 M: 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.5 a' Q* \) W- `. f5 |) e! w6 a

% x" K" g9 X, M% {6 ~* I, I. I" n, @4 xThe 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.1 l" s6 m# t" D+ \) D% W$ v

0 J8 d' U/ v% y. T* Y; \(This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )
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2 y, j5 Z3 D! n: E7 d4 H8 y[ 本帖最后由 水管工 于 2008-6-4 09:20 编辑 ]
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