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 Chinese urban home prices down 1.2% in February 
(Xinhua) 
 
Updated: 2009-03-10 16:04 BEIJING -- Prices of new and existing homes in 70 large and medium-sized Chinese cities fell 1.2 percent year-on-year in February, the government said Tuesday, the third monthly decline in a row. 
 
 Prices of newly built homes in 30 cities dipped year-on-year last month, with the southern cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou recording the largest declines of 16.3 percent and 8.9 percent, respectively.  | 
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