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Even though lumber prices have recently declined, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says builders are facing some of the fastest increases of other building material costs in history . The latest Producer Price Index (PPI) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows an 0.2 percent increase in the prices of goods used in residential construction (with the exception of food and energy costs) in July. Those costs had increased 3.0 percent in June. David Logan posted in NAHB's Eye on Housing blog that the BLS index shows those building costs have declined only twice since December 2019 and have climbed by 19.4 percent over the past 12 months. As an aside, when food and energy are included, the index is up 22.3 percent year-over-year. For the year-to-date (YTD), the index shows
Rob Chrisman
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People ask me what I do when I finish the commentary and send it out. This will give you an inkling . I don’t know if folks at United Wholesale do the same after a decent quarter, but UWM announced its earnings this morning . “2Q21 net in... (read more)
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Housing News
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Even though lumber prices have recently declined, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says builders are facing some of the fastest increases of other building material costs in history . The latest Producer Price Index (PPI) from the Bur... (read more)
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Housing News
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The number of loans in forbearance dropped by 83,000 over the last week. This is on top of a 71,000 loan reduction during the first few days of August. Black Knight reminds that this type of change is typical at the beginning of each month as service... (read more)
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