Tag Archives: Housing Starts

At least one economist saw that the ongoing trend of starts exceeding permits may be trouble for the housing market down the road.

The recent rise in home building may not make much difference in the availability of new houses, particularly to new buyers, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Home building in the U.S. picked up again in April after reaching the slowest pace in seven months, easing some of the previous concern surrounding the construction sector.

Robert Dietz, Ph.D., Chief Economist and SVP for Economics and Housing Policy for the National Association of Home Builders sat down with MReport to provide a complete view of some of the pros and cons within the home building picture.

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.

Housing starts declined for the second consecutive month in January, despite industry forecasts that they would recover from the previous month's decrease.

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.

Despite yesterday's report that home builders' confidence was down, they have certainly been busy with new construction in November 2015.

Single-family housing starts increased in September 2015, while authorizations and housing competitions decreased, according to new residential construction statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau and HUD released Tuesday.

Housing construction trends are showing signs of an increase in total housing starts this year, according to Metrostudy's second quarter 2015 Home Building Outlook, which reviews housing construction trends across the top 100 housing markets nationwide.