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New home sales for June increase 11% – Inventory drops to 8.8 month supply

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 [...]

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 [...]

Residential construction down 4.2% for the month of March; down 34% from last year

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Today the U.S. Census Bureau released it’s construction spending report for March, 2009 showing that spending on private, residential construction was at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of $258.4 billion.  This is down 4.2% from February and down 34% from a year ago.

In light of what is going on in the housing market [...]

New home starts for March down 48.4% from a year ago

By: Dennis Norman

Today the U.S. Department of Commerce reported new home starts for March were down 10.8% from February and down 48.4% from a year ago.

This is a sharp contrast to last months numbers which showed a 22% increase over January.  However, like I said in my post last month, I don’t think the increase was necessarily good news with [...]

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 [...]

New home sales fall 10.2%, down 48% in past year

By: Dennis Norman

This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in January was down 10.2% from December and down over 48% from a year ago.

There is some good news in this report…consistent with the last few months, the number of new homes available for sale

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Commerce Dept reports drop in building permits- That’s GOOD news!

By: Dennis Norman

Today the US Census Buruea and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a report on December new home starts, permits and completions.

Once again the numbers in all three categories dropped. Building permits for privately-owned housing units at an annual rate of 548,000 for December fell 10.7% from November and was [...]

Building permits for new homes drop almost 50%

By: Dennis Norman

 

Today the US Department of Commerce released a report on new residential construction for November 2008.  Like so many real estate-related reports we are seeing today it was not pretty.  The report, a joint release of the US Census Bureau and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development says building permits for [...]