Mon, Aug 2 2021, 1:27 PM
June was yet another month when the only bright spot in the U.S. Census Bureau's construction spending report was provided by the residential sector. ...
Thu, Jul 29 2021, 11:24 AM
Pending home sales fell back slightly in June after a notable and unexpected 8.0 percent gain in May. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said...
Thu, Jul 22 2021, 11:52 AM
Existing home sales snapped a four-month losing streak in June. Sales of pre-owned single-family houses, townhouses, condominiums, and cooperative apa...
Tue, Jul 20 2021, 3:28 PM
Housing starts posted a second straight increase in June while permits continued what has become a long, slow, slide. The U.S. Census Bureau and the D...
Tue, Jul 20 2021, 8:10 AM
Like most recent economic forecasts, that one from Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) group for July continues to project a pull-back ...
Thu, Jul 1 2021, 11:27 AM
Construction spending fell off a bit in May, however residential construction remains the strongest sector , accounting for more than half the annuali...
Tue, Jun 22 2021, 1:01 PM
Well, that turned on a dime. Lumber prices, which had risen more than exponentially during the pandemic and were a problem even before, have started d...
Thu, Jun 17 2021, 4:44 PM
Fannie Mae's economists have revised a lot of their forecast from last month as new data has come in. The outlook for the 2021 GDP has been revised mo...
Wed, Jun 16 2021, 10:22 AM
Housing starts recovered in May after falling more than 9 percent in April but permitting had another lackluster month. The U.S. Census Bureau and Dep...
Tue, Jun 1 2021, 12:41 PM
Construction spending inched up in April, but the increase was tempered by a decline in publicly funded projects. The U.S. Census Bureau put the rate ...
Thu, May 20 2021, 4:38 PM
Fannie Mae upwardly revised its GDP forecast for the year from 6.8 percent to 7.0 percent in its May report on economic development. The company's eco...
Tue, May 18 2021, 10:50 AM
Housing starts fell back from the annual rate of 1,733,000 units reported for March. Residential starts in April were down 9.5 percent to a seasonally...
Tue, May 4 2021, 4:54 PM
Nationwide spending on construction edged up fractionally in March, but the big story was the annual gain in residential construction spending, especi...
Fri, Apr 23 2021, 10:32 AM
Existing home sales declined for the second straight month in March. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said single-family homes, townhomes, ...
Thu, Apr 22 2021, 10:48 AM
For months, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has been citing lumber prices as one of the headwinds faced by new home builders as they ...
Fri, Apr 16 2021, 11:34 AM
Residential construction recovered in March after a serious decline the prior month. The U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Develo...
Fri, Apr 2 2021, 11:25 AM
Construction spending, public and private, was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.517 trillion in February. The U.S. Census Bureau said this w...
Wed, Mar 17 2021, 10:20 AM
It looked last month as though residential construction was about to take off. While starts were down in January, permits surged by 10.4 percent. Buil...
Mon, Mar 1 2021, 4:00 PM
Construction expenditures started 2021 displaying the same imbalance between the growth of residential and non-residential spending that had dominated...
Thu, Feb 18 2021, 10:46 AM
Builders appear to be prepping for a huge spring . While the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development report that housin...
Tue, Feb 2 2021, 11:06 AM
Public and privately funded construction spending ended 2020 with a 4.7 percent increase over spending in 2019. The U.S. Census Bureau said the combin...
Fri, Jan 29 2021, 11:11 AM
Pending home sales retreated for the fourth straight month in December. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said its Pending Home Sales Index,...
Fri, Jan 22 2021, 1:09 PM
Existing home sales resumed an upward trajectory in December. After drifting lower by 2.5 percent in November, breaking a five-month streak of gains ,...
Fri, Jan 22 2021, 1:00 PM
Optimism is running high in Fannie Mae's first Economic and Housing Outlook of the year. The company's Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) team says...
Thu, Jan 21 2021, 10:28 AM
Residential construction finished out 2020 much more strongly than analysts had expected. The U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban D...
Mon, Jan 4 2021, 11:36 AM
Total spending on construction projects in the U.S. rose 0.9 percent in November compared to October. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the season...
Thu, Dec 17 2020, 10:30 AM
While housing completions were down, residential construction improved again in November . Permitting was especially strong with a 6.2 percent month-o...
Wed, Dec 16 2020, 9:36 AM
A recent spate of positive news has allowed Fannie Mae to upgrade several pieces of its economic forecast this month. The approval of at least one COV...
Wed, Dec 16 2020, 9:35 AM
Twenty-three housing and economic experts have told the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) they expect the post-pandemic economic rebound to cont...
Tue, Dec 1 2020, 11:39 AM
Total construction spending in October was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.439 trillion according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. This was...
Wed, Nov 18 2020, 3:16 PM
Residential construction data for October was mixed. The U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development reported that the rate of ...
Mon, Nov 2 2020, 12:37 PM
Overall construction spending was flat in September, held down by a drop in public sector projects. The U.S. Census Bureau said total expenditures dur...
Tue, Oct 20 2020, 11:10 AM
Residential construction resumed its upward trend after a brief pause in August. The U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Developmen...
Thu, Oct 1 2020, 11:22 AM
Construction spending expanded again , with residential construction among the healthier sectors. The U.S. Census Bureau put total August public and p...
Mon, Sep 21 2020, 11:31 AM
Fannie Mae has upgraded its forecast for the third quarter gross domestic product (GDP). It now expects growth at an annualized pace of 30.4 percent ,...
Thu, Sep 17 2020, 11:46 AM
Residential construction activity took a breather in August. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported this ...
Tue, Sep 1 2020, 4:21 PM
Construction spending as a whole was essentially flat in July, but residential spending showed significant growth. The U.S. Census Bureau reported tha...
Thu, Aug 27 2020, 10:17 AM
July marked the third consecutive outsized increase in the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) produced by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) It ...
Thu, Aug 20 2020, 6:15 PM
Robert Dietz, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has provided a couple of updates on housing construction trends tak...
Wed, Aug 19 2020, 8:27 AM
Mortgage rates rose during the week ending August 14 and, while purchase applications sustained some of their momentum, a slowdown in refinancing pull...
Tue, Aug 18 2020, 10:53 AM
Residential construction rates soared in July with both permits and starts increasing from their June pace by double digits and topping 2019 numbers f...
Mon, Aug 17 2020, 4:06 PM
At the midway point of the current (3 rd ) quarter Fannie Mae is looking for a huge improvement in the gross domestic product (GDP). The company's Eco...
Thu, Aug 13 2020, 12:14 PM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is predicting another strong month for new home sales. The association says its Builder Application Survey (BAS...
Mon, Aug 3 2020, 4:31 PM
Construction spending held firm in June, inching down fractionally from the May level and increasing a bit compared to June 2019. The U.S. Census Bure...
Tue, Jul 21 2020, 11:53 AM
One of the trends in attempts to provide more affordable housing is the growth of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) such as granny flats, garage apartme...
Fri, Jul 17 2020, 11:50 AM
All three measures in the Census Bureaus June residential construction report moved higher , as the building industry continued to recover from its Ap...
Tue, Jul 14 2020, 3:40 PM
The reopening of the economy in several states from the COVID-19 shutdowns has moved Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group to raise...
Mon, Jul 6 2020, 2:13 PM
Despite any impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, construction spending is still largely managing to stay ahead of its 2019 levels . The U.S. Census Bure...
Mon, Jun 29 2020, 10:28 AM
Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), predicted last month that April's home sales contract activity "will be...
Wed, Jun 17 2020, 10:49 AM
Residential construction numbers climbed in May after their pandemic-driven collapse in April. The Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urb...
