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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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) I+ z6 F; k$ r$ x% a; ]7 lStandard & 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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/ k- J- o f. yPrices 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.) d5 z- W$ b7 I7 [/ Q
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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 [2 q1 [! t. Y9 ?% a7 v# j
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"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 I* j3 f$ j! A; J6 ~
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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./ J, `0 `* h: P- D; H# U( Z: H7 `
( I9 ~: q' W" F5 u6 f! y# }+ yLas 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.. B2 a0 P$ f/ ?( e: q, N5 z9 s( Q1 p
Y* K0 q- n4 W/ ]1 _$ m1 n, T6 vLast 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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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.0 w X+ H! ^* l% r/ J8 i
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(This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )0 s- C# f e5 t, t! e* w
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