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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. 4 t, X( U7 L2 c; ^0 g$ K) |) y
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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.. [; N- c/ |$ \# o, w; j5 O
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Prices 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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+ c" }1 r$ ^# b0 ^% lTwo 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.
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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.- d0 X" C8 G+ f9 Y+ x% Q2 T; P) D+ I1 t
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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.) D2 r. N+ x1 f# A
! v% s/ W$ X) ]7 FLas 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.4 R# e: S; f8 K5 _1 B$ Q
7 c# {+ p8 u( \ E: B8 o2 {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. D9 C* c, u/ {
% |1 K8 W f" l+ N(This version CORRECTS that 20-city and 10-city metro area figures are for March sted 1st quarter) )5 ~2 D( U0 }; ~% z @) U
' Y/ G6 `( F% E6 H[ 本帖最后由 水管工 于 2008-6-4 09:20 编辑 ] |
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