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Home prices in record decline

November 25th, 2008 · Permalink

A Case-Shiller survey shows a 16.6% annual decline in the summer months as the housing picture continues to deteriorate.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The home price plunge stayed on a record pace this summer, according to a widely watched gauge of national real-estate markets released Tuesday.
The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price national index recorded a 16.6% decline […]

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Gov’t home price index posts largest drop in 17-year history

May 22nd, 2008 · Permalink

WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices posted their sharpest first-quarter decline since the government began tracking the data 17 years ago.
The Washington-based Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight said Thursday that home prices fell 3.1 percent in the first quarter compared with last year. The index also fell 1.7 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 […]

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Housing tsunami hits market

April 27th, 2008 · Permalink

A tidal wave of unsold properties is threatening to crash over the housing market this winter, potentially causing a washout of prices.
The wave has been building for several months as the number of properties being listed for sale has remained relatively constant but the number being sold has fallen dramatically.
Unfortunately the wave does not appear […]

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History of the Housing Market - ABC News

April 11th, 2008 · Permalink


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Seattle housing market posts first year-to-year drop since 1991 (KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities)

March 26th, 2008 · Permalink

SEATTLE (AP) - For the first time since 1991, a key index shows the Seattle-area housing market has registered a year-to-year decline in prices.
According to the Standard & Poor’s S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the price of a typical house in King and Snohomish counties was down 1.3% in January compared with a year ago.
From December […]

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Seattle housing market posts first year-to-year drop since 1991 (Seattle Times)

March 26th, 2008 · Permalink

For the first time since 1991, a key index shows the Seattle-area housing market has registered a year-to-year decline in prices.
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US home prices slide 10.7 percent in major markets

March 25th, 2008 · Permalink

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Home prices slumped 10.7 percent from a year ago in major US cities as more air came out of the housing bubble, according to a survey released Tuesday.
The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of prices in 20 major cities showed steep declines in the major markets, especially those that benefited […]

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Soft housing market leads to layoffs, closures at 84 Lumber (BizJournals)

March 21st, 2008 · Permalink

With the housing market’s ongoing decline, 84 Lumber Co. continued its retrenchment this week by laying off 19 people and leaving a number of positions unfilled.
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