WASHINGTON — Spring buying pushed home prices up for a third straight month in most major U.S. cities in June. But the housing market remains shaky, and further price declines are expected this year. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home-price index ...

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WASHINGTON— Fewer people bought new homes in June, evidence that the housing market remains weak. Sales of new homes fell 1 percent last month to an annual rate of 312,000, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. That’s less than half the ...

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WASHINGTON — Home prices in major areas have reached their lowest level since the U.S. housing bubble burst in 2006, driven down by foreclosures, a glut of unsold homes and the reluctance or inability of many to buy. Prices fell ...

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NEW YORK — Home prices are dropping in the nation’s largest cities and are expected to keep falling next year, as fewer people purchase homes and millions of foreclosures come on to the market. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home ...

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WASHINGTON — Home prices are weakening around the country, even in metro areas that were showing strength earlier in the year. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index released Tuesday fell 0.2 percent in August from July. Fifteen of ...

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