Average Price of Denver Homes Fell Less in 2008 Than Other Major Cities

Posted by TheHomeCart.com on Saturday, February 28th, 2009 at 7:44pm.

Prices of existing homes in the Denver area declined less through 2008 than in any of 20 major U.S. cities, Standard and Poor recently reported. The monthly S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices said Denver’s average existing-home price from December 2007 to December 2008 fell 4 percent compared to the average decline 18.5 percent in the other 19 cities.

Dallas had the second smallest year-to-year decline at 4.3 percent. Las Vegas (33 percent) and Phoenix (34 percent) had the greatest price declines.

The S&P report also tracks how much home prices have gone up or down since January 2000, which has a price index of 100. In December 2007, Denver had a home-price index of 125.74, which means homes price have increased 25.74 percent since January 2000. The average price index for all 20 cities was 150.66.

For more information about the S&P report, click here.

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