Study: Tampa has worst home price decline among 20 metro areas

Tampa home prices have dropped an average of 11.1 percent the past year, the steepest fall among 20 major metro areas ranked under the the S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index released Tuesday.

Tampa nudged out other stressed housing markets like Miami, Detroit and San Diego in the period between September 2006 and September 2007.

The average decline in the index was 4.9 percent.

- James Thorner, Times staff writer