| By Dennis Norman,on October 4th,2010 Dennis Norman I saw an interesting tidbit that came from the US Census Bureau that shows just how much things have changed in the real estate world in the past 60+ years in the U.S. The piece I saw was from the census bureau’s “Profile America”series and discussed one of the first communities [...] By Dennis Norman,on September 17th,2010 Dennis Norman According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau,Americans,for the most part,are very satisfied with the neighborhoods they live in. According to the Census Bureau “American Housing Survey”,more than tw0-thirds of people across the country rate the quality of their neighborhood as eight or higher on a [...] By Dennis Norman,on April 29th,2010 Dennis Norman According to a report issued by the U.S. Census Bureau earlier this week,the percentage of Americans that own a home in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2010 dropped to 67.1 percent,the lowest rate of homeownership since the same quarter of 2000. The homeownership rate for 4th quarter [...] By Dennis Norman,on July 27th,2009 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 [...] 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 [...] By Dennis Norman,on May 4th,2009 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 [...] By Dennis Norman,on April 16th,2009 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 [...] 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. [...] By Dennis Norman,on February 26th,2009 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 [...] By Dennis Norman,on January 22nd,2009 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 [...] By Dennis Norman,on December 16th,2008 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 [...] | |