Many U.S. homes now cheaper per square foot 
Index: Sacramento leads downward trend, Charlotte defies it
By Inman News, Friday, May 2, 2008.The price per square foot of homes declined in 22 of 25 U.S. metro areas tracked in a February price index compared to the same month last year, real estate data and analytics company Radar Logic reported today.
The company's RPX Monthly Housing Market Report found that the price per square foot plunged 29.8 percent in Sacramento, Calif., during a 28-day period in February compared to that period last year, which was the steepest decline among the group of 25 metro areas. The price-per-square-foot metric is intended to reduce the influence of house sizes on price trends.
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