Home prices down for 6th straight month--December 27, 2011-CNN

紐約（CNNMoney） - 房屋價格連續第六個月下降，十月，九月和一年前的3.4％相比，下降了1.2％，根據最新的標準普爾 /案例希勒20個城市指數。 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Home prices fell for the sixth straight month in October, down 1.2% compared with September and 3.4% a year ago, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city index.

下降，在其他幾個最近的報告，描繪了住房市場的更積極的圖片令人失望。 The decline was disappointing in light of several other recent reports, which painted a more positive picture of the housing market.
136打印 Print 評論 Comment 在最近幾個星期，報告新屋銷售 ， 現房銷售和房屋建築的所有錄得增長。 In recent weeks, reports on new home sales , existing home sales and home building all recorded increases. 此外， 抵押貸款利率在紀錄低點，應該給購房者添加上去。 In addtion, mortgage rates are at record lows, which should be giving homebuyers an added boost.

八新港，IHS Global Insight的住房市場分析師說，然而，嚴格的貸款標準和止贖過剩繼續打壓住房市場。 However, tight lending standards and a glut of foreclosures continue to weigh on the housing market, said Pat Newport, a housing market analyst for IHS Global Insight.

他說，隨著這麼多的苦惱價格出售住房，住房價格的數字是意料中事。 With so many homes for sale at distressed prices, the home price numbers come as no surprise, he said.

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“這些數字非常糟糕，在未來兩年將得到更糟糕的，”他說。 "The numbers are pretty bad and will get even worse over the next two years," he said.

20個城市的指數已跌至4月以來每月。 The 20-city index has dropped every month since April. 在2006年年中開始，由於房地產泡沫破裂，家庭失去了自己的價值近33％。 Since the housing bust began in mid-2006, homes have lost nearly 33% of their value.

在馬里蘭大學的經濟學教授莫里奇說，因為對現房的需求軟，住房價格仍然疲弱。 Peter Morici, a professor of economics at the University of Maryland, said home prices remain weak because demand for existing homes is soft. 許多潛在買家都遷移到租賃市場或購買，一直坐在個月未售出的新房。 Many potential buyers are migrating to rental markets or buying new homes that had been sitting unsold for months.

據莫里奇，當前的住房價格水平，代表了從泡沫期間達成的價格膨脹的修正。 According to Morici, the current home price levels represent a correction from inflated prices reached during the bubble.

“價格是屬於他們，在那裡他們將留，”他說。 "Prices are where they belong and that's where they'll stay," he said.

20個城市中有19張貼在10月與鳳凰下降，唯一的例外。 Nineteen of the 20 cities posted declines in October, with Phoenix the only exception. 價格上升0.3％，較去年同月。 Prices went up there 0.3% compared with September.

中西部市場和亞特蘭大都會區表現不好，與亞特蘭大的價格下降10月份的5％以下，在9月份5.9％的跌幅。 Midwest markets and the Atlanta metro area fared badly, with Atlanta prices down 5% in October following a 5.9% plunge in September. 

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