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The numbers: The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city house price index fell 0.5% in December, its sixth monthly decline.
Year-over-year appreciation was still up 4.6%, but has slowed down from a 6.8% annual increase in the previous month.
A broader measure of home prices, the national index, fell a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in December, but…