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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$ o5 b0 d2 I) G4 u2 F, e/ r5 eStandard & 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.0 S$ ]. d6 _4 Q0 a0 w, \; ?
- T0 Q" ]% s8 x7 t* a3 n% S! K% GPrices 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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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./ ?0 |$ h6 z4 C5 D( j" `5 r" Z2 H
1 \/ x- C8 ]1 w- W9 G0 B7 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.5 W+ x* o! F: o6 f, y: ~" R
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Nineteen of the 20 metro areas reported annual declines, with 15 of them posting record lows. Six metro areas lost more than 20 percent.; j8 E; Z3 u0 h. m
9 E4 q E1 k; mLas 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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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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7 @2 u7 C1 B+ n* }" V: _0 ?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.8 ?, u5 N4 j: a+ S: U
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(This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )
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