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New home construction continues to show modest improvement

Dennis Norman — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:05:00 +0000

The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued their report on New Residential Construction for April 2012 showing an increase in single-family home building permits from the month before of 1.9 percent and a 18.5 percent increase in new home starts compared to the year before. [...] Related posts:

New home sales and prices slip in March; both still better than a year ago

Dennis Norman — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:30:44 +0000

Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Census Bureau released new home sales data forMarch 2012 showing a decrease of 7.1 percent from the month before, and an increase of 7.5 percent from a year ago. The seasonally-adjusted new home sales rate for March was 328,000 homes, down from a revised [...] Related posts:

New home construction activity continues to increase

Dennis Norman — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:36:38 +0000

The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued their report on New Residential Construction for March 2012 showing a decrease in single-family home building permits from the month before of 3.5 percent and a 17.9 percent increase in new home starts compared to the year before. [...] Related posts:

New home sales slip in February; still up double digits from a year ago though

Dennis Norman — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:41:08 +0000

Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Census Bureau released new home sales data for February 2012 showing a decrease of 1.6 percent from the month before, and an increase of 11.4 percent from a year ago. The seasonally-adjusted new home sales rate for February was 313,000 homes, down from an adjusted rate of 318,000 homes the month before. This is the second consecutive month new home sales have declined. [...] Related posts:

New home construction on the increase

Dennis Norman — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:30:57 +0000

The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued their report on New Residential Construction for February 2012 showing an increase in single-family home building permits from the month before of 4.9 percent and a 9.9 percent decrease in new home starts compared to the month before. [...] Related posts:

New home sales decline slightly in January; Inventory of new homes to lowest level in over a year

Dennis Norman — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:56:51 +0000

Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Census Bureau released new home sales data for January 2012 showing a decrease of 0.9 percent from the month before, and an increase of 3.5 percent from a year ago. The seasonally-adjusted new home sales rate for January was 321,000 homes, down from an adjusted rate of 324,000 homes the month before. This is the first month new home sales have declined after four consecutive months of increases. [...] Related posts:

New home construction activity picking up

Dennis Norman — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:53:22 +0000

The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued their report on New Residential Construction for January 2012 showing an increase in single-family home building permits from the month before of 0.9 percent and a 1.0 percent decrease in new home starts compared to the month before. [...] Related posts:

New homes sales fall in December and make 2011 worst year on record

Dennis Norman — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:56:34 +0000

Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Census Bureau released new home sales data for December 2011 showing a decrease of 2.2 percent from the month before, and a decrease of 7.3 percent from a year ago. The seasonally-adjusted new home sales rate for December was 307,000 homes, down from an [...] Related posts:

New Home Starts in 2011 Set All-Time Record Low

Dennis Norman — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:22:07 +0000

The last couple of months I have said that, "unless something changes dramatically, 2011 will hit a new record low of new home starts. Unfortunately, nothing dramatic happened, and 2011 has ended with only 428,600 new home starts setting a new record low and significantly below the prior all-time low of 445,200 starts in 2009. [...] Related posts:

New home construction in November inches up; Curent pace slightly ahead of record-low

Dennis Norman — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:59:22 +0000

The last couple of months I have said that, "unless something changes dramatically, 2011 will hit a new record low of new home starts. Well, the actual numbers this year will still most likely be a record low, but at least the rate of new home starts for November has now inched above the record low New home starts in November were up 2.3 percent from the prior month with the seasonally adjusted annual rate inching its way up to 447,000 homes, just slightly above the all-time low of 445,200 new home starts in 2009. [...] Related posts: