Wie Reuters.com heute in einem Artikel berichtet, ist nach letzten Statistiken das Ende der Banken und Kreditkrise noch nicht absehbar. So hat sich im 4. Quartal 2007 der Wertverlust der U.S. Immobilien auf 5.5 Prozent beschleunigt. Über das gesamte Jahr 2007 beträgt der Wertverlust bei U.S. Immobilien nun insgesamt 8,9 Prozent.

Home prices plunge at record rate in 2007: S&P

By Julie HavivNEW YORK (Reuters) - The collapse in home prices accelerated to a record pace in the fourth quarter of 2007, with prices plunging 8.9 percent last year, according to a national home price index released on Tuesday.

The quarterly drop in prices of existing single-family homes quickened to 5.4 percent in the final three months of last year from a 1.8 percent drop in the third quarter, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, Standard & Poor’s said in a statement.

The 8.9 percent year-over-year decline was the largest in the 20-year history of the index, as housing was pressured lower by a huge supply of homes for sale, rising foreclosures and tighter lending conditions.

By comparison, during the 1990-91 housing recession the annual rate bottomed at a 2.8 percent drop.

The composite index of 10 of the largest metropolitan areas fell 2.3 percent in December versus November and tumbled 9.8 percent year-over-year, which set a new record.

The composite index for 20 metropolitan areas fell 2.1 percent in December from November and sank 9.1 percent year-over-year.

“We reached a somber year-end for the housing market in 2007,” Robert Shiller, professor at Yale University and chief economist at MacroMarkets LLC, said in the statement.

Shiller, co-developer of Standard and Poor’s S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, said home prices across the nation and in most metro areas are significantly lower than where they were a year ago.  Continued…

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