According to a housing index released Tuesday by Standard & Poor’s, their housing index showed home prices in the U.S. fell for a 17th straight month.
During April, the S&P/Case-Shiller index that covers 10 U.S. cities fell 2.7 percent from year-ago levels, making it the steepest decline since 1991.
“No region is immune to the weakening price returns,” MacroMarkets Chief Economist Robert Shiller said in a statement.
The greatest year-over-year declines were felt in Boston, Detroit, Phoenix, San Diego and Washington, D.C..
Though the housing slump has been a nationwide epidemic, a few regions posted year-over-year housing price gains including Charlotte, N.C., Seattle, WA and Portland, Ore.
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