10-city--down 17% from Q2 2007
20-city--down 15.4% from Q2 2007
Although this is bad, the percentage decreased a bit in June...
From the Washington Post:
Home Prices Fell at Record Pace in June: Report
Reuters
Tuesday, August 26, 2008; 9:38 AM
NEW YORK - Home prices fell a record annual 15.9 percent in June, but the monthly rate of decline slowed from May which suggested the decimated housing sector may be stabilizing, according to Standard & Poor's on Tuesday.
"While there is no national turnaround in residential real estate prices, it is possible that we are seeing some regions struggling to come back, which has resulted in some moderation in price declines at the national level," said David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P, in a statement.
The S&P/Case-Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas slipped 0.5 percent in June from May, bringing the measure down 15.9 percent from June 2007.
Read the entire article here http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082601163_pf.html
Since Fay may make a turn back toward the Gulf, I have alerted my Realtor partners and our clients to make sure homeowners insurance is procurred, quickly, for all homes under contract. As I'm sure you are all aware, once a Hurricane gets into the Gulf, all insurance companies will stop writing new policies, and thanks to Fay's recent past, it could linger for a while.
Good luck to us all, especially our friends in Florida...
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