U.S. home prices fall again: Down for the eighth consecutive month; index of 10 large U.S. cities shows a price drop of 5% in August, the largest since 1991.

NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. home prices fell nationwide in August for the eighth consecutive month, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday.
And things could get worse, said Yale economist Robert Shiller, who helped create the index.
"There is really no positive news in today's report," said Shiller, chief economist for MacroMarkets, which collaborated with S&P on the indicator.
Home prices as measured by the index have fallen