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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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8 e. r5 Z% u: x- A4 K7 d& zStandard & 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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+ ^. C2 _6 O7 O5 {1 Z! QPrices 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., D7 K- n. v' H, G, O- x; p* k
8 b1 g1 ^% S" J7 U$ MTwo 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.6 }! U% h6 q& `$ ]5 o7 G
) x/ M- R- e) G# t1 C2 `' v"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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Nineteen of the 20 metro areas reported annual declines, with 15 of them posting record lows. Six metro areas lost more than 20 percent.0 O8 v# D, a" x6 g, m# l+ Q
0 C) m% x: I- @2 f4 q$ \/ HLas 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.! `2 D2 o9 y- F# |6 Y0 i- I
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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.
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9 [2 @2 ^+ |) ](This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )+ O& L, I* j0 s& n' Y4 a- T
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