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  • Home prices hit pre-boom levels in 14 US cities

    03/29/2011 2:20:31 PM PDT · by Nachum · 22 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 3/29/11 | ap, ANNA HERRON and DEREK KRAVITZ
    NEW YORK (AP) - Damage from the housing bust is spreading to areas once thought to be immune. In at least 14 major U.S. metro areas, prices are now at 2003 levels—when the housing bubble was just starting to inflate. Prices will likely fall further this year, making many people reluctant to buy or sell. That would push down sales and prices more. The depressed housing industry is slowing an economy that has shown strength elsewhere. And it's starting to hurt those who bought years before the housing boom began. In some cities, people who have paid their mortgages for...