Residential real estate prices dropped in the 12 months to December by the most in a year, a sign the U.S. housing market is struggling even as the rest of the economy recovers.

The S&P/Case-Shiller index of home values in 20 cities fell 2.4 percent, the biggest year-over-year decrease since December 2009, the group said Tuesday in New York. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News projected a 2.3 percent decrease.

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