Median Home Prices in Charlottesville, Albemarle, and the Latest Case Shiller Index

Standard & Poor's widely-watched 20-City Case Shiller Index of Home Prices is released the last Tuesday of each month.It tracks the median sales prices of existing single family homes, as well as (since the bubble burst) the decline in pricing. The index runs about two months behind, so March's release is for January 2009.January 2009, in the 20 metropolitan areas, declined a record 19.0% YoY,