Fri, Jun 16 2017, 9:17 AM
What are we going to be talking about this summer? One topic is the economy, and the thought that rising short-term rates are a signal that the econom...
Fri, Jun 16 2017, 8:54 AM
The Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) at Harvard University has released its latest report on the State of the Nation's Housing . The report, is...
Fri, Jun 9 2017, 12:37 PM
Five barriers to homeownership are identified in a new study released on Friday by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). The white paper, title...
Thu, Jun 1 2017, 10:55 AM
The total amount of construction put in place nationally fell in April, but continues at a pace higher than at the same point in 2016. The U.S. Census...
Thu, May 25 2017, 11:09 AM
Rather than taking a step back this year, home sales now seem ready to best their 2016 numbers. Freddie Mac's economists admit that, up until this mon...
Tue, May 16 2017, 9:08 AM
All three residential construction measures for April were lower than those in March. The Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Develo...
Mon, May 1 2017, 1:19 PM
Construction spending dipped slightly in March, although privately funded spending held its ground and residential construction activity was at a high...
Tue, Apr 18 2017, 10:14 AM
Once again, the pace of both residential construction permits and housing starts reversed direction, repeating, in March, the up and down pattern that...
Tue, Apr 18 2017, 5:05 PM
The housing inventory, or lack of it, dominates Freddie Mac's Outlook for April. The company's Economic and Housing Research team says the supply of f...
Mon, Apr 3 2017, 1:42 PM
Spending on residential buildings fared better than overall construction spending in February. The U.S. Census Bureau said on Monday that expenditures...
Thu, Mar 16 2017, 10:10 AM
Housing permits were down in February, wiping out the gains posted in January, while housing starts also reversed course , posting the year's first ga...
Wed, Mar 1 2017, 11:03 AM
Construction spending had been expected to recover from the 0.2 percent loss it suffered in December. Analysts polled by Econoday were looking for an ...
Thu, Feb 16 2017, 9:53 AM
Results from this morning's residential construction report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development were mixed...
Wed, Feb 1 2017, 1:15 PM
Publicly funded expenditures continued to drag on overall construction spending numbers in December, offsetting a small uptick in private spending. Da...
Tue, Jan 31 2017, 3:51 PM
The Urban Institute releases a regular report, Housing Finance at a Glance , a "chartbook" loaded with charts and commentary on mortgage activity. The...
Tue, Jan 24 2017, 11:15 AM
Existing home sales finished out 2016 with a generally expected decline. Still, the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said today that 2016 overa...
Fri, Jan 20 2017, 2:59 PM
How will the economic philosophy that was altered by the last election actually evolve into policy? The is the question raised by Fannie Mae's Economi...
Thu, Jan 19 2017, 10:04 AM
Housing starts continued their see-saw pattern in December, rising 11.3 percent from November when they had fallen significantly after a sensational O...
Thu, Jan 12 2017, 9:32 AM
New home sales are projected to fall in December relative to November, not an unexpected pattern as the year-end holidays approach. The Mortgage Banke...
Tue, Jan 3 2017, 10:58 AM
Perhaps construction spending is finally emerging from the doldrums where it has lingered for months. For the second month in a row the Census Bureau ...
Thu, Dec 22 2016, 12:52 PM
This year, with less than two weeks left to go, is shaping up to be the best year for housing in a decade according to Freddie Mac's Economic & Housin...
Wed, Dec 21 2016, 9:28 AM
Despite the 3.2 percent annualized growth in the GDP in the third quarter, Fannie Mae's economists expect the full-years growth to moderate to less th...
Fri, Dec 16 2016, 11:09 AM
Housing starts retrenched in November , taking back much of their spectacular gains of October, while permits continued to display the general weaknes...
Thu, Dec 1 2016, 11:43 AM
Construction spending rose only slightly in October, with residential construction coming in stronger than most other sectors. The Census Bureau said ...
Wed, Nov 30 2016, 1:35 PM
Interest rates are, quite naturally, the focus of Freddie Mac's November Outlook. The company's Economic & Housing Research Group looked at the potent...
Tue, Nov 29 2016, 10:16 AM
It took ten years and change, but national prices as measured by the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Index have finally surpassed the previous pre...
Tue, Nov 22 2016, 11:27 AM
October existing home sales added to September's rebound, rising to the highest annualized pace in nearly a decade . The National Association of Realt...
Thu, Nov 17 2016, 10:47 AM
Housing permits improved for the second straight month in October but housing starts skyrocketed, rising 25.5 percent above September's level to a sea...
Thu, Nov 17 2016, 10:13 AM
The FDIC reports banks paid $37.5 billion in taxes through Q2. That’s a lot. In individual tax news, the Mortgage Bankers Association sent out a joint...
Wed, Nov 2 2016, 4:36 PM
Construction spending continued to be lukewarm in September, lagging behind both September 2015 and August 2016. Multi-family construction was among t...
Fri, Oct 21 2016, 10:51 AM
Deja vu all over again? Freddie Mac says economic growth is recovering from a weak first half of the year, the labor market is holding steady and Fed ...
Wed, Oct 19 2016, 10:16 AM
Permits for construction of residential housing improved in September after several dismal months, but housing starts retreated from both August and y...
Wed, Oct 19 2016, 2:38 PM
Fannie Mae says it expect economic growth will improve on its anemic performance in the first half of 2016 in the second half of the year, rising to 2...
Mon, Oct 3 2016, 11:17 AM
Construction spending in August declined slightly from its July pace the Census Bureau said on Monday. It was the third consecutive month it has falle...
Tue, Sep 20 2016, 10:15 AM
Fannie Mae says that early bets on third quarter economic growth are around 3.0 percent which has the Federal Reserve talking again about raising the ...
Tue, Sep 20 2016, 10:04 AM
All three measures of residential construction activity fell in August compared to the July numbers and one, building permits, continued to lag year-a...
Mon, Sep 19 2016, 10:19 AM
You’ve made it to “Talk like a Pirate” day. Many lenders are saying, “Arrggghh” when it comes to appraisals. Mike Simmons with Axis AMC put some thing...
Wed, Sep 7 2016, 1:36 PM
So what is going on with residential construction? We hear constantly that inventories are too tight , especially at the lower price levels, new home ...
Thu, Sep 1 2016, 11:26 AM
Construction spending was largely unchanged in July according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Spending on all public and privatel...
Tue, Aug 30 2016, 10:38 AM
Results are in for the final two of the four major home price indices for June. Both the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices and Black Knight Financial...
Mon, Aug 22 2016, 1:51 PM
While the numbers remain small, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) notes there is a slowly increasing trend of single-family homes being...
Tue, Aug 16 2016, 9:56 AM
Housing starts rose in July while permits fell from the previous month's rate for the third consecutive time. Both indicators, however, regained a pos...
Mon, Aug 15 2016, 4:15 PM
Strong home sales, near-historic low interest rates, a burst of refinancing, and continued home price growth are moving Freddie Mac's economic team to...
Wed, Aug 3 2016, 9:27 AM
Huh? There is now a
robot that can build a house in two days ?
Sounds pretty good to me... It is certainly a step toward lessening the labor
const...
Mon, Aug 1 2016, 12:18 PM
Construction spending eased slightly in June, but the
Census Bureau said today that it is still running substantially ahead of spending
in the fir...
Mon, Aug 1 2016, 9:14 AM
Have you ever heard of the AARMR? I know – as if this industry needs yet another acronym. Pronounced by those “in the know” as “armor,” it is the Amer...
Wed, Jul 27 2016, 8:51 AM
One of the biggest challenges faced by business owners today is attracting and retaining great people. Millennials and those with diverse ethnic backg...
Fri, Jul 22 2016, 11:19 AM
Every month the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development issues statistics on residential construction - permits authorized, ...
Wed, Jul 20 2016, 10:22 AM
Remember when someone was "fired" instead of "managed out?" Then there's a good old-fashioned purge like what Turkish President Erdogan did yesterday ...
Tue, Jul 19 2016, 10:38 AM
The Residential Construction Report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported that, while both permits ...
