There are lots of ways to measure this but the report in the AP this morning said that home prices in Jan. 09 were nearly 20% than home prices in Jan. 08. Here is a excerpt:
The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of home prices in 20 major cities tumbled by a record 19 percent from January 2008. It was the largest decline since the index started in 2000. The 10-city index dropped 19.4 percent, also a new record.
All 20 cities in the report showed monthly and annual price declines, with 13 posting new annual records. Prices dropped by more than 10 percent in 14 cities.
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