Standard and Poors has released their Case Shiller index report today. Here are some key points

"At both the national and metro area levels, the fall in home prices is showing no real signs of a slowdown or turnaround," says Robert J. Shiller, Chief Economist at MacroMarkets LLC. "Year-over-year and monthly price returns are continuing to either move deeper into negative territory or are experiencing persistent diminishing returns. There is really no positive news in today’s report, as most of the metro areas are showing declining or vanishing returns on both an annual and monthly basis.

Not good. Here are some markets Mauians care most about

• Denver, flattish
• LA-Down 6% since last year
• San Francisco-Down 4% since last year
• Seattle-Up 6% since last year
• San Diego-Down 8% since last year