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US home prices unchanged in July
WASHINGTON : US single-family home prices were unchanged in July on a seasonally adjusted basis as the housing market
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Economists had expected a rise of 0.1 percent. Compared with a year ago, the S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas declined 4.1 percent.
"We do know that we are still far from a sustained recovery," David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at Standard & Poor's, said in a statement. "This is still a seasonal period of stronger demand for houses."
On an unadjusted basis, prices in the 20 cities rose 0.9 percent month on month, topping expectations for a 0.7 percent rise.
Copyright Reuters, 2011