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U.S. home prices up, Seattle flat
Posted on July 6, 2010
Home prices in April rose for the first time in seven months as government tax credits bolstered the housing market. But the rebound may be short-lived now that the incentives have expired.
The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index released Tuesday posted an 0.8 percent gain. It had fallen in each of the past six months.
Eighteen of 20 cities showed price increases in April from March. Washington, San Francisco and Dallas each posted gains of 2 percent or more. Eleven cities reversed their declines from the month before.
Only Miami and New York recorded price declines. New York hit a new low for the index.
Nationally, prices have risen 3.8 percent from their April 2009 bottom. But they remain 30 percent below their July 2006 peak. Seattle home prices registered no gain from March to April and were down 2.8 percent from the same period a year ago, the report said.
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