Both the number of permits issued to build privately-owned housing units and the number of units for which construction started were up in April although still lagging considerably below figures for April 2007. According to a joint report issued by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing...
Housing starts and the pulling of construction permits continued to decline in February according to a monthly report issued by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Building permits for all residential construction were issued at a seasonally adjusted annual rate...
Housing starts and building permits continue to lag far behind the numbers recorded one year ago according to monthly data issued on Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau and The Department of Housing and Urban Development. Housing permits were issued in January at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...
Housing starts took another nose-dive in December according to a joint release from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Seasonally adjusted, privately-owned housing starts were at an annual rate of 1,006,000, 14.2 percent below the revised November estimate of...
There is an old Western expression that a person's mood is "lower than a snake's belly." Well lift up that snake and you just might find a home builder under it. The National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ) released the results of its monthly survey of builder confidence on this week and found...
Home builders are growing increasingly more confident about the economy and the real estate market and that was reflected in the most recent report on residential construction in the U.S. for the month of January. The National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo released their Housing Market...
The Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have released October figures on building permits and housing starts and the news is not good. Housing permits were issued at an annual rate of 1,535,000 in October which is 6.3 percent behind the pace in September and down 28...
It's that time again. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the Census Department have released their monthly reports on the state of the new home industry in consumer terms and the attitude of those who make their living by building the homes. The Census Bureau (U.S. Department of Commerce...