Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Case-Shiller Update with February 2009 Data

From Standard & Poors The Pace of the Decline in Residential Real Estate Prices Slowed in February According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices

New York, April 28, 2009 – Data through February 2009, released today by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, shows continued broad based declines in the prices of existing single family homes across the United States, with 10 of the 20 metro areas showing record rates of annual decline, and 15 reporting declines in excess of 10% versus February 2008. For the first time in 16 months, however, the annual decline of the 10-City and 20-City composites did not set a new record.

SF CASE SHILLER CHART FEB 2009 DATA

San Francisco Area home prices are back to levels from August/September 2000.