SAN DIEGO - A glut of foreclosed homes helped prompt a 26 percent plunge in California home prices in March, spotlighting a trend that experts said is likely to keep squeezing the struggling market for at least several more months.

SAN DIEGO - A glut of foreclosed homes helped prompt a 26 percent plunge in California home prices in March, spotlighting a trend that experts said is likely to keep squeezing the struggling market for at least several more months.

A glut of foreclosed homes helped prompt a 26 percent plunge in California home prices in March, highlighting a trend that experts said is likely to continue as low, introductory interest rates expire for people who bought near the height of the housing boom.

A glut of foreclosed homes helped prompt a 26 percent plunge in California home prices in March, highlighting a trend that experts said is likely to continue as low, introductory interest rates expire for people who bought near the height of the housing boom.

A glut of foreclosed homes helped prompt a 26 percent plunge in California home prices in March, highlighting a trend that experts said is likely to continue as low, introductory interest rates expire for people who bought near the height of the housing boom.

LONDON (Reuters) - Gold raced to an historic peak above $1,000 on Friday as the dollar's plunge to record lows on weak data and deepening financial market troubles in the United States boosted bullion's safe-haven appeal.

Despite a record quarter, shares plunge on spending worries. Investors are spooked about consumer spending, and Tuesday they took it out on Apple Inc.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks dropped sharply on Thursday as data showing a plunge in regional factory activity and news of a hefty loss by brokerage Merrill Lynch fanned worries about the economy.

F rom the mortgage meltdown to the plunge in home sales, dark clouds continue to threaten San Francisco's seemingly endless real estate summer. And yet remarkably, local Realtors I know seem as cheery as ever. "It doesn't look slow to me," says Bonnie...

WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices have fallen further since mid-2006 than during the 1990-91 recession, and professional traders bet they'll plunge up to 10 percent more the next year.