By Dennis Norman, on December 28th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 16th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on November 19th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 20th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 17th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on August 18th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on June 16th, 2009
By: Dennis Norman
This morning the US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for May 2009 showing a slight increase in new home construction activity.
The report shows the following:
Building permits issued for single-family residences in May were at an annual rate of 408,000 which is a [...]
By Dennis Norman, on March 17th, 2009
By: Dennis Norman
Today the U.S. Department of Commerce reported new home starts for February were up over 22% from January although still over 47% down from a year ago.
This increase was unexpected and judging by the many news stories and blog posts I have seen today is apparently being viewed as good news. I don’t [...]
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