Home-builder sentiment fell more-than-expected in July to the lowest level in more than a year after a popular home-buyer tax credit expired in April, the National Association of Home Builders said on Monday.

The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market index fell two points to 14, the lowest level since April 2009, the group said in a prepared statement. It was the second straight decline in the index.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected the index to fall to 16. June was revised lower to 16. A reading below 50 indicates more builders view sales conditions as poor than good. The index has not been above 50 since April 2006.

(Reporting by Corbett B. Daly, Editing by Neil Stempleman)

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