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Home prices fell 9.4% in September, according to the widely-respected S&P/Case-Shiller housing index. Analysts had been looking for a 9.1% decline, so this is a bit worse than expected.

On a sequential basis, home prices rose .3%, again, a bit worse than the .8% analysts had been looking for. The market is now back to where it was in Fall 2003.

The housing market is creeping back, but at a pace disappointing to the bulls.

Speaking on CNBC S&P's David Blitzer said the report showed clear signs that the strong momentum seen over the summer is starting to crack.

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