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Read More »Single-family Home Building Slips
The lag in single-family starts in March could mean even tighter inventory in the coming months. But here’s why experts see the decline as a short-term headwind.
Read More »Strong Homebuyer Demand Spurs Builder Confidence
The confidence of builders in the housing market remained stable in April, spurred by the increasing demand for housing according to data from the National Association of Home ...
Read More »Study: Size of Monthly Mortgage Payments Rose in Q1
All signs point to continuing growth for home values this year. But a new report finds that on the other side of the coin the increases could pose a challenge for homebuyers by year's end.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Focus on Construction Spending and Jobs
This week the Census Bureau releases its data on construction spending and on the employment situation across the U.S. While the construction spending report, which looks at the ...
Read More »The Price-Inventory Effect: New Home Sales Slip
New home sales fell 0.6 percent in February with 618,000 single-family homes sold during the month against the revised January rate of 622,000, according to the latest data ...
Read More »The 7 Hottest Housing Markets in the U.S.
With the national economy on cruise control, it might be easy to forget that some markets are clearly hotter than others. The latest look at “sizzling” markets from ...
Read More »Starts are Down, But not the Housing Market
Housing starts were down 7 percent month over month according to the data for February released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Housing starts were at around 1.23 million ...
Read More »New Construction Was Solid Last Year, But Not Everywhere
The number of home permits nationally was up 6 percent in 2017, according to a new report by construction industry website ConstructConnect. However, that average belies a wide ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Focus on Housing Starts
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will jointly release data for the Housing starts in February on Friday, March 16 at ...
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