This week, the Census Bureau and HUD will release the monthly housing starts for April, which will indicate overall trends in the housing market. Here’s what else is happening in the Week Ahead.
Read More »New Home Sales Indicate an Encouraging Trend
New home sales jumped to their highest since November 2017 as buyer demand fueled sales. Experts weigh in on the factors that made these numbers possible.
Read More »Construction Spending Up Year-Over-Year
Overall construction spending increased by 3.0 percent year-over-year according to the latest monthly Construction Spending Report released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The report also found a month-over-month ...
Read More »Building Permits Reach Their Highest Level in a Decade
Homebuilding across the U.S. rose to a high led by increased activity in single-family housing construction, in what is being seen as a good start to the housing ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Focus on Housing Starts
The U.S. Census Bureau will release its monthly housing starts survey on Friday, February 16, at 8:30 a.m. EST. The survey will reflect the commitment of builders to ...
Read More »Homeownership, Vacancy Rates Flat Year-Over-Year
Both homeownership and homeowner vacancy rates were flat in year-over-year change during Q4 2017, according to the latest quarterly Residential Vacancies and Homeownership report released by the U.S. ...
Read More »New Home Sales Continue Upward Trend
New home sales were up in 2017, according to new data. Not only did they jump about 8 percent across the entire year, but December alone marked a 14-percent rise from one year prior.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Existing Home Sales and Housing Starts Stats
The housing starts and existing home sales reports have been scheduled to release later this week. See the most recent data and more in the Week Ahead.
Read More »Residential Home Sales On the Rise
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly released their report on new residential sales for August 2017, which showed improvement.
Read More »Unexpected Downturn
Homebuilding has fallen off and no one expected it to happen. Find out what's behind some shaky home construction numbers.
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