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Dennis Norman The good news is May’s new home sales rate of 267,000, which was the lowest sales rate on record, was revised upward to 281,000. The bad news is June’s sales rate of 330,000 was revised downward to 315,000 and now new home sales for July were reported at 276,000 the new lowest [...] The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for July 2010 showing a decrease in single-family home building permits and a decrease in new home starts from June.
Dennis Norman Yes, the headline is correct….New home sales in June were up 23 percent from May, but unfortunately the revised May annual new home sales rate of 267,000 was the lowest rate of sale on record therefore even after a 23.6 percent increase it only brought June up to 330,000 new homes, a rate [...] The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for June 2010 showing a decrease in building permits and a decrease in new home starts from May. The report shows the following: Building permits issued for single-family residences in June were at an annual [...]
Dennis Norman Less Is More Over the past decade or so it seems everything has gotten “super-sized” to the point of absurdity in my opinion. Therefore I find it refreshing to see that, according to the “Home Trends 2010″ report by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council, home buyers are scaling down both in size and [...]
Dennis Norman Last month after the new home sales reports came out I had this to say: “I’m very encouraged by home sales in March and April, both in new homes and existing home sales and, if it wasn’t for the fact the homebuyer tax-credit incentive expired April 30th, no doubt a factor [...] The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for May 2010 showing a decrease in building permits and a decrease in new home starts from April. The report shows the following: Building permits issued for single-family residences in May were at an annual [...]
Dennis Norman The U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 504,000, a 14.8 percent increase from the revised March rate of 439,000 and is 47.8 percent above a year ago.
Dennis Norman The U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 411,000, a 26.9 percent increase from the revised February rate of 324,000 and is 23.8 percent above a year ago. The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for March 2010 showing an increase in building permits and a decrease in new home starts from February. Dennis Norman At the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on March 16th it was suggested that “economic activity expanded at a moderate pace in early 2010″. Unfortunately, when it came to the housing market, the news was not as good and it was noted that “housing activity remained flat and the nonresidential construction section weakened [...]
Dennis Norman The U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in February were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 308,000, a 2.2 percent decrease from the revised January rate of 315,000 and is 13.0 percent below a year ago.
Dennis Norman According to the Economics and Mortgage Market Analysis report just published by Fannie Mae, the weather was the culprit for the slow-down in home sales at the beginning of this year however, we did not get the boost they were anticipating from the extension of the tax credits. “Unfortunately, despite the high hopes [...] The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for February 2010 showing a decrease in new home construction activity from February, but siginificant increases from a year ago.. The report shows the following: Building permits issued for single-family residences in February were at an annual [...]
Dennis Norman The U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 309,000, an 11.2 percent decrease from the revised December rate of 348,000 and is 6.1 percent below a year ago.
Dennis Norman The U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in December were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 342,000, a 7.6 percent decrease from the revised November rate of 370,000 and is 8.6 percent below a year ago. My Mantra As has been my long-running mantra, I don’t like “seasonally adjusted” numbers [...] Dennis Norman In a just a few days we will say goodbye to 2009; a year that has been brutal to the housing market. So as the new year comes in, what will 2010 hold in store for the housing market? To answer this question I turned to the housing forecast just released by Fannie Mae to see [...] Dennis Norman New homes were started in November at an annual rate of 482,000 homes and I asked why in my post last week since new home construction was already outpacing sales….well, today the gap got worse.. This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in November were [...] New home construction is on the rise in November…. WHY??? They aren’t selling as fast as they are being built…didn’t we learn our lesson? The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for November 2009 showing an increase in new home construction activity from October. The [...] Dennis Norman This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 430,000, a 6.2 percent increase from the revised September rate of 405,000 and is 5.1 percent above a year ago. My Mantra As has been my long-running mantra, I don’t like “seasonally adjusted” numbers and [...] Even with a decline in new home starts and completions, new home construction activity is still outpacing new home sales potentially leading to inventories increasing again. The US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for October 2009 showing a decrease in new home construction [...] Dennis Norman This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 402,000, a 3.6 percent decrease from the revised August rate of 417,000 and is 7.8 percent below a year ago. Like I pointed out however, in my post last month, [...] This morning the US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for September 2009 showing an increase in new home construction activity from August. The report shows the following: Building permits issued for single-family residences in September were at an annual rate of 450,000 which is 3.0 percent below [...] Dennis Norman The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released a report this week with a their forecast of where the economy, housing market and interest rates are headed for the balance of this year as well as next year. While I think in these volatile times I think it is extremely difficult to make predictions with regard to our [...] Dennis Norman Yesterday I did a post about the new home sales report issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce and, just like much of the media and bloggers out there, I reported that new home sales rose in August, albeit a scant 0.7 percent and that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of new home sales [...] Dennis Norman This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 429,000, a 0.7 percent increase from July, but a 3.4 percent decrease from a year ago. The Northeast region after seeing a 32.4 percent increase in sales in July [...] This morning the US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for August 2009 showing a slight decrease in new home construction activity from July. The report shows the following: Building permits issued for single-family residences in August were at an annual rate of 462,000 [...] Dennis Norman This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 433,000, a 9.6 percent increase from June and makes the fourth consecutive month of new home sales increases. The Northeast region saw the biggest monthly increase in new home [...] This morning the US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for July 2009 showing a slight increase in new home construction activity from June. The report shows the following: Building permits issued for single-family residences in July were at an annual rate of 458,000 which is [...] Dennis Norman This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 384,000, an 11% increase from May. The year over year decline lessened, June’s numbers are down 21.3% from a year ago which is a substantial improvement over May’s [...] |
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