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Home Prices, Consumer Confidence Nosedive

Housing trouble worsens as recession worries mount

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 25, 2008 9:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – Home prices plummeted again in January, falling a record 10.7% compared to January 2007, according to the bellwether S&P Case/Shiller Hope Price composite. The March consumer confidence index, also out today, plunged to a 5-year low in yet another indication of recession, Bloomberg... Read full story »

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