Tue, Mar 18 2008, 7:00 AM
Housing starts and the pulling of construction
permits continued to decline in February according to a
monthly report issued by the U.S. Census B...
Wed, Feb 20 2008, 8:00 AM
Housing starts and building permits
continue to lag far behind the numbers recorded one year ago according to
monthly data issued on Wednesday by...
Thu, Jan 17 2008, 8:00 AM
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 ...
Thu, Dec 27 2007, 8:00 AM
Mortgage rates were up slightly during the pre-
holiday week ended December 20 according to the Primary Mortgage Market
Survey conducted by Freddie ...
Wed, Dec 26 2007, 8:00 AM
The Standard & Poor's/ Case-Shiller home price index
for October, released on Wednesday, fell again for what is the 10th
consecutive month. The 6.7...
Tue, Dec 18 2007, 8:00 AM
Housing starts took another dive in November, falling
another 3.7 percent from the revised October estimate of 1,232,000
starts. Even worse, the se...
Wed, Nov 28 2007, 8:00 AM
Mortgage rates continued to decline by baby steps as
reported by Freddie Mac in its Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The 30-
year fixed-rate mortgage...
Thu, Oct 25 2007, 7:00 AM
It was one of those weeks when one had to wonder if Freddie Mac and
the Mortgage Bankers Association were operating in the same universe. The
former...
Thu, Oct 18 2007, 7:00 AM
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
buil...
Thu, Sep 20 2007, 7:00 AM
Housing starts in August hit the lowest level on an
annualized basis since July 1995 The news would have been even worse if
it were not for a subs...
Fri, Aug 17 2007, 7:00 AM
Residential building permits and housing
starts continued to fall in July with the latter measure of the
nation's economic health dropping more ...
Fri, Jul 27 2007, 7:00 AM
It's been a rough week for the housing market. Homebuilder confidence
is in the gutter, existing home sales fell substantially and the bad news
eman...
Fri, Jul 20 2007, 7:00 AM
The homebuilding industry is obviously in distress. But, in testimony
before the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben B...
Tue, May 22 2007, 7:00 AM
NAHB's chief economist David Seiders said, "The pattern of building
permits clearly shows that the dramatic downward
correction in housing productio...
Wed, Mar 21 2007, 7:00 AM
Two reports that contribute to the picture of the housing
industry were released on Monday. After news from the
Tue, Feb 20 2007, 8:00 AM
Mon, Nov 20 2006, 8:00 AM
The Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development have released October figures on building permits and
housing starts and ...
Thu, Oct 19 2006, 7:00 AM
The various new home construction indicators tracked by
the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development were mixed i...
Tue, Sep 19 2006, 7:00 AM
Two monthly housing market indicators have been
released so far this week, both relating broadly to home construction and
showing a continued slowin...
Tue, Aug 22 2006, 7:00 AM
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 t...
Fri, Jul 21 2006, 7:00 AM
The two monthly reports that measure the health of the home
construction industry were released this week. The U.S. Census
Bureau and U.S. Departmen...
Wed, Jul 5 2006, 7:00 AM
The usual spate of monthly reports on new home sales, existing home
sales, housing starts, and builder confidence were all released recently.
Taken to...
