The mortgage industry is now anticipating where new single-family home sales will fall, following existing-home sales major feat against supply challenges last week.
Read More »The Unexpected Pitfalls in Home Building
Home building in the U.S. slowed to the slowest pace in seven months after reaching a nine-year high, reflecting growing concerns in the construction sector and adding to inventory worries.
Read More »New Home Sales Continue Slow Uphill Climb
What is driving the increase in new residential home sales while existing-home sales are disappointing?
Read More »Single-Family Housing Starts Reach 9-Year High
Home building rebounded this month with a surge in single-family home construction, inducing starts, permits, and completions, signaling newfound confidence in the housing market and economy.
Read More »New Single-Family Home Sales Dip, But is the News All Bad?
New single-family home sales and the median home price began the year on weak note in terms of the monthly changes, but there are some optimistic signs behind the data.
Read More »Housing Starts Slip Again, but is There a Silver Lining?
Housing starts declined for the second consecutive month in January, despite industry forecasts that they would recover from the previous month's decrease.
Read More »Housing Starts Take a Tumble in December
Residential construction was tricky in December 2015 as both housing starts and building permits posted disappointing numbers, but builder confidence remains elevated and year-end totals hit 2007 levels.
Read More »New Home Sales Keep Rising in November
New single-family home sales experienced continued growth in November, with the number of new home sales increasing on a seasonally-adjusted annual basis the U.S. Census Bureau and HUD reported Wednesday.
Read More »New Home Sales Sales Climb to Seven-Year High in August
HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced Thursday the new residential sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 552,000 in August 2015, the highest level since February 2008.
Read More »Single-Family Built-For-Rent Construction Rises in Q2
Single-family homes built-for-rent rose to approximately 8,000 starts for the second quarter of 2015, compared to about 6,000 in the same period last year, according to data from the Census Bureau’s Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design and National Association of Home Builders analysis.
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