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calculatedriskblog.com - 12/21/2008

Case-Shiller House Prices: Free Falling

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/Case-Shiller released both the September monthly home price indices for 20 cities (with two composites), and the national house price index. The national index shows prices are off 16.6% from Q3 2007, and off 21% from the peak. I'll have more on the national index shortly. This post focuses on ...

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