Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Home Prices Decline at Record Rates

A closely watched gauge of U.S. home prices shows they are falling sharply at record rates as a deepening slump in the housing market threatens to damp consumer spending.

Home prices in 10 major metropolitan areas in November were down 8.4% from a year earlier, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price indexes, released Tuesday by credit-rating firm Standard & Poor's.

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