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Sat 06 Jun 2007House prices drop for third month in a rowHouse prices fell for the third month in a row in May and have dropped by more than 2 per cent so far this year, writes Laura Slattery.New figures published yesterday show that buyers paid an average of almost €2,500 less for a property last month than they did in April, as the housing market continued to slide.