Tag Archives: HUD

Existing-home sales blew the mortgage industry away last week, with the largest month-over-month increase ever as TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule delays finally started to pass. This week, the spotlight will shift to December's new home sales.

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.

The HUD Secretary raised his public profile with appearance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert Monday night on the eve of the State of the Union address, furthering speculation that he could be Hillary Clinton's running mate.

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.

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

The future of housing in America can seem so close, yet so far away, but government officials and housing experts are already hot on the case making their evaluations of the present state of the market and prediction on the future.

Construction in the single-family housing market for the month of October as both housing starts and housing completions decreased, the U.S. Census Bureau and HUD announced Wednesday.

Although HUD's has been instrumental in fighting housing discrimination and poverty, it has failed to meet its original goal to “not only to relieve the symptom of poverty but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it," President Lyndon Johnson said.

HUD announced Wednesday that it is issuing a proposed rule to protect consumers being harassed in housing. The newly proposed rule would formalize standards to bring about claims under the Fair Housing Act. The rule, also known as "Quid Pro Quo and Hostile Environment Harassment and Liability for Discriminatory Housing Practices under the Fair Housing Act,” was published in the Federal Register today for public comment.

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.