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What does 2010 hold in store for the Housing Market?

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 [...]

New home construction in the U.S. increases in November….but why?

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 [...]

New homes started through October down 32.5 percent from last year; New home completions still outpacing sales by over 30 percent

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 [...]

New home construction shows increase in September; Construction still out pacing sales

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 [...]

New home construction shows slight decrease in August; Construction still out pacing sales

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 [...]

New home construction shows modest increase in July; Numbers for 2009 still way below 2008

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 [...]

New home building permits and construction increase in May

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 [...]

New home starts up over 22% in February-Is this good news?

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 [...]