Home price dip extends to 4th month cnn ^ | 3/30/2010 | Les Christie
The market seems to have pulled the rug out from under housing industry hopes for a sustained early recovery.
After a five-month run-up in home prices starting last spring, prices have now fallen for four consecutive months, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index of 20 cities, a gauge of market values, released Tuesday.
In January, prices were down 0.4%, compared with December and have fallen 0.7% from a year earlier.
"The rebound in housing prices seen last fall is fading," said David Blitzer, chairman of the Index Committee at Standard & Poor's. "Fewer cities experienced month-to-month gains in January."
Hmmmm...seems natural for prices of homse to fall for four straight months in a recovery.
Or maybe someone will announce that "Home prices are a lagging indicator!"
