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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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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.2 T; Q( k$ w5 c- m
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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.* }+ d/ A& S; t& M( Z9 W
! m/ ~' B+ A1 d9 z$ f8 Z2 bTwo 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., g1 X, K! F& v- C) r
6 h- V. e6 j2 T& Z4 b/ I"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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1 b& b8 v$ {5 n& i4 c1 Z2 ]Nineteen of the 20 metro areas reported annual declines, with 15 of them posting record lows. Six metro areas lost more than 20 percent.
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0 f4 }. w5 ^8 [$ a- P L: J. ^+ [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.8 Q# d# P. t) k* R
$ I+ N4 B* C4 h5 @- T+ _( Z4 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.& W3 p5 W {: p8 n H' ]1 Z
: F, {6 T) c0 c- p- M/ z9 n4 h* `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.
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! C4 l6 v: A# I& B(This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )
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