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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. 1 E9 d0 v* Y) ?# E* f- E( s% u8 ]
2 u1 Y: \* q! W0 k2 t5 SStandard & 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.
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: a: P( ?2 l7 s/ \5 Y9 I4 ZPrices 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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/ q$ |8 W" n' k6 ^4 Y* i& h% rTwo 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., z/ O6 b! `! f: e1 Y! g
3 _' k9 a+ b/ z) M( 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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: V2 f, |. R6 ]- t4 k8 A) sNineteen 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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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.
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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.0 F% j" x: F+ I8 s0 l
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The OFHEO index is narrower in scope and is calculated using mortgages of $417,000 or less that are bought or backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. That excludes properties bought with some of the riskier types of home loans.8 `$ Y+ z5 Y& ]$ U) |& z" Z% }
3 H! V j0 E( \% g" x$ ~- o(This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )
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