Home prices see biggest drop in 25 years
Housing values fall 1.3 percent nationwide in the third quarter, according to a Freddie Mac survey.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- National home prices showed their biggest quarterly drop in 25 years during the third quarter of 2007, said a report Tuesday.
Freddie Mac's (Charts, Fortune 500) home price index fell 1.3 percent on an annualized basis in the quarter, according to its survey of home purchases and mortgage refinance appraisals.
"The number of home sales fell during the third quarter, and the inventory of existing single-family homes for sale rose to 10.5 months by October, the highest level since 1985," said Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac's chief economist.
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