San Diego was among more than half of U.S. cities with falling home prices in September.

The San Diego metropolitan area’s home price decreased 0.85% annually in September, said the recent S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Indices report. That puts the region at No. 15 in the 19-city index (Detroit was missing in this report because of local recording issues).

Nationwide, home prices were still up annually at 1.3%, but it was the slowest pace in more than two years. The index was lifted up by the Chicago metro area, up 5.45%, and New York, up 5.25%. The biggest drops were in Tampa, down 4.14% year-over-year, and Phoenix, down 2.02%.

“Price growth slowed even as mortgage rates fell in September,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist at Bright MLS. “Affordability is the biggest constraint in the

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