Twin Cities Home Prices Drop 14.4% Through September 2008 – S&P/Case-Shiller Index

The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index was released yesterday.  The trend in home prices continues to soften according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Index.   The Twin Cities showed a slight decline in September from August.   The index is showing the Twin Cities is down 14.4% year over year.

The 10 City and 20 City composite indexes are down 18.6% and 17.4%, respectively.

Here’s the 10 City and 20 City composite graph from the S&P press release: (Click on the graph to enlarge)
S&P Case Shiller Composite Chart Sept 2008

Below is the data table with all 20 cities: (Click on the graph to enlarge)
S&P Case Shiller Composite Table Sept 2008

I have been tracking the data for the past several months.  See graphic below.  (Click to enlarge the graph):

S&P Case Shiller Composite Graph Sept 2008 Data

Below is the same information but I am just showing the Twin Cities performance versus the 20 City Composite Index:

(Click on the graph to enlarge)

S&P Case Shiller Twin Cities vs Composite Graph Sept 2008 Data

Only time will tell if we are bottoming right here in the Twin Cities or not.

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