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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. 0 b) L6 _& N* C7 a1 A7 b" E
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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.
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k) u7 J" b1 G4 S7 @, jPrices 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.* I5 h& c5 v+ }, u
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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.; a; w9 T/ Q: \' q0 `6 ^
( c( l1 I9 X; j; R) W"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.. H. P/ R* d9 }- D
4 w' E! T# T! ]8 [1 vNineteen of the 20 metro areas reported annual declines, with 15 of them posting record lows. Six metro areas lost more than 20 percent.8 Q, U+ f1 L7 y. q$ {
$ f8 d6 J" J' p2 @9 `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. Q% M. D; s: ^$ u* _6 b: m$ S; s
- |6 X: E2 R# d7 nThe 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.# F1 X* B" }! m! ^* G" T( O
) V+ R* L' h5 y; j" |3 `(This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )
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