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A report from Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) suggests that homebuilders remained at record- gloomy levels in Augu...

NEW Monday's Events: Cdn Securities Transactions and Travel; U.S. NAHB Housing Index

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 7:00 AM

The week kicks off with two Statistics Canada reports, one on securities transactions and another on travel between Canada and other countries. Mean...

NEW Preview: New Home Sales Likely Fell Again in June

Fri, Jul 25 2008, 7:00 AM

In May, the New Home Sales Index fell 2.5% to its second-lowest pace in 17 years, and economists expect another decline in the June report to be r...

NEW Revisions Boost New Home Sales, Suggest Stabilization, Economists Say

Fri, Jul 25 2008, 7:00 AM

U.S. new home sales fell marginally in June but the pace was much higher than expected due to +50k of revisions over the past three months. Economi...

NEW Tuesday's Events: OFHEO Housing Index; Fed's Plosser

Tue, Jul 22 2008, 7:00 AM

Canadian retail sales and employment insurance data tops the economic news for the day as U.S. markets will receive the OFHEO's housing market inde...

NEW NAHB Builder Confidence Reaches New Historic Low at 16

Wed, Jul 16 2008, 7:00 AM

A report from Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) suggests that homebuilders were even more pessimistic in July as th...

NEW Preview: Housing Starts Expected to Drop 15k in June

Wed, Jul 16 2008, 7:00 AM

Following a lower-than-expected level of housing starts and permits in the May report, plus a major downward revision in the month before, economi...

NEW Wednesday's Events: Bernanke Part II, U.S. CPI, DOE Oil, Cnd Mfg Shipments

Wed, Jul 16 2008, 7:00 AM

Another action-packed day follows Tuesday's excitement as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke delivers the second of his two- day annual testimony, this time...

NEW Action-Packed Week for U.S. and Canadian Markets

Mon, Jul 14 2008, 7:00 AM

According to strategists and economists, markets will be looking for some direction next week with the release of major economic reports. In the U.S...

NEW New Homes Sales Continue to Fall, Down 2.5% in May

Wed, Jun 25 2008, 7:00 AM

After five months of declines in the pace of new home sales , April's uptick appears to have been temporary as new home sales in the U.S. continued...

NEW Monday's Events: Lehman, Cnd New Vehicle Sales, Empire Mfg Index, Fed's Bernanke

Mon, Jun 16 2008, 7:00 AM

Earnings from Lehman Brothers will kick off the day followed by Canadian motor vehicle sales and the Empire Fed's manufacturing index. Markets will ...

NEW U.S. Builder Confidence Matches Historic Low at 18

Mon, Jun 16 2008, 7:00 AM

A report from Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) suggests that homebuilders were even more pessimistic in June as th...

NEW Economic News Impacts Both Short- and Long-Term Rates; Applications Drop

Wed, May 28 2008, 7:00 AM

Long- and short-term interest rates each moved slightly during the week ended May 22 on t...

NEW U.S. New Home Sales Rise 3.3% in April after March Revision

Tue, May 27 2008, 7:00 AM

New home sales in April rose for the first time in five months, increasing 3.3% to 526k following a downward revision of the March reading to 509k....

NEW Housing Starts Take a Small but Encouraging Jump in April

Fri, May 16 2008, 7:00 AM

The rate of housing starts during April was 8.2 percent higher than in March. April�s rate was 1,032,000 and the revised March estimate was 954,00...

NEW A Blockbuster Week for Data

Mon, May 12 2008, 7:00 AM

It is going to be a blockbuster week for data in the U.S. with the release of tier one data. Markets will receive April's CPI report, retail sales...

NEW U.S. New Homes Sales Plummet 8.5% in March to Lowest Level Since 1991

Thu, Apr 24 2008, 7:00 AM

New home sales in the U.S. were down for the fifth consecutive month in March, falling by 8.5% to 526k, much lower than the 580k level expected by ...

NEW Preview: Further Deterioration Expected in New Home Sales

Wed, Apr 23 2008, 7:00 AM

As the overhang of new homes sits at a 27-year high of 9.8 months, new home sales are expected to fall for a fifth consecutive month in the March ...

NEW Mortgages Rates, Loan Applications Remain Mostly in Doldrums

Wed, Apr 23 2008, 7:00 AM

Long term mortgage interest rates as reported by Freddie Mac in its Primary Mortgage Market Survey were virtually unchanged during the week which ...

NEW Another Bad Month for Census Report on Permits, Housing Starts

Wed, Apr 16 2008, 7:00 AM

Housing starts and the issuing of construction permits continued to fall in March. Permits for building privately-owned housing units were issued...

NEW Tuesday's Events: U.S. PPI, Empire Fed Mfg, NAHB Housing Market Index

Tue, Apr 15 2008, 7:00 AM

The United States will hold most of the economic spotlight on Tuesday morning with the release of March's producer price index along with the Empire...

NEW NAHB Housing Market Index Unchanged From March and February

Tue, Apr 15 2008, 7:00 AM

A report from Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders suggests the housing market was little changed from March to April, with t...

NEW Housing Starts and Builder Confidence Surveys Released

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...

NEW Builders Hold Back on New Construction but Some See Hope

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...

NEW Housing Permits and Starts Drop Sharply In December

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 ...

NEW Mortgage Applications Slow While Rates Are Mixed

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 ...

NEW Widely Regarded Housing Study Reports Further Home Price Declines

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...

NEW Housing Starts, Permits Fall Again But Builder Confidence Stabilizes

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...

NEW Mortgage Rates Continue To Inch Down With One Glaring Exception

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...

NEW Freddie Mac and MBA See Mortgage Rates Through Different Lenses

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...

NEW Builder Spirits Not Rebounding While Housing Starts, Permints Continue To Slide

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...

NEW Housing Starts Hit 12-Year Low; Multi-family to the Rescue

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...

NEW Housing Starts Hit Ten Year Low While Builder Confidence Sets Even A Longer Record

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 ...

NEW Housing News Turns The Stock Market To Mush

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...

NEW Builders Confidence Hits 26 Year Low as Permits and Starts Fall Again

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...

NEW Home Builder Confidence Is Down And Permitting Appears To Reflect It

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...

NEW Housing Market Shaky Not Plummeting

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

NEW Housing Permits and Starts Slide But Builder Confidence Rising

Tue, Feb 20 2007, 8:00 AM

Right on the heels of the National Association of Realtors rather glum report on the

NEW Housing Starts, Permits and Builder Confidence Stabilize In Recent Surveys

Tue, Dec 26 2006, 8:00 AM

Housing permits and starts in November were mixed when compared to October levels according to figures released this week by the U.S. Census Bure...

NEW Housing Starts Dive But Builder and Buyer Confidence Are Up

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 ...