Die Hauspreise sind nach der etwas älteren Meldung unten im 3. Q. 2006 USA-weit im Jahresvergleich um 1,2 % gefallen. In dieser Meldung stiegen die Preise in den Städten aber noch. Das ist inzwischen auch hinfällig -> # 1090
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Home prices down 1.2% in third quarter
Rustbelt markets and Florida lead the decline. Sales volume plummets nearly 13%.
By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer
November 20 2006: 2:13 PM EST
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Once-hot housing markets cooled considerably this summer: The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported Monday that the median price of a single-family house in the third quarter dropped 1.2 percent from a year earlier, continuing a reversal of fortune for sellers that started last winter.
Prices in the Northeast, down 4.8 percent, fell the most. Prices dropped 2.6 percent in the Midwest, 0.9 percent in the West and 0.1 percent in the South.
The Detroit market, buffeted by auto industry layoffs, suffered the largest loss; prices there plummeted 10.5 percent, to a median of $154,100.
Other rustbelt areas with drops included Canton, Ohio (down 9.2 percent to $112,300), Akron (down 8.4 percent to $118,200) and Bloomington, Illinois (down 8.5 percent to $156,300).
Three Florida metro areas were hit hard by price drops. In Sarasota, the median home now sells for $320,700, off a whopping 9.4 percent from last year; Palm Bay/Melbourne/Titusville prices sank 9 percent to $193,600; and Cape Coral prices plunged 8 percent to $255,400.
Sarasota condo prices also dipped, 11 percent to $275,600, the largest drop in any condo market.
Surprisingly, 102 of 148 metro markets had price gains while only 45 fell. One remained the same.