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on May 20,2011
Next week, two speakers on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will provide the forecast for the remodeling market and its rising trends.
on May 20,2011
Job creation is gradually gathering force, but the construction sector, including home building, continues to drag, according to March data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor...
on May 19,2011
Existing-home sales slipped in April, although the market has managed six gains in the past nine months, according to the National Association of Realtors. Existing-home sales, which are completed...
on May 19,2011
Residential building in April registered a moderate gain, assisted by upward movement for multifamily housing.
on May 19,2011
Of the current 15.2 million rental units in the U.S., only about 6.5 million units are considered affordable housing to those earning less than half of their area's medium income, well short of...
on May 18,2011
While demand for for-sale housing in the 55+ housing market remained somewhat flat in the first quarter, the 55+ apartment sector saw a big bump. NAHB’s Housing Market Index for 55+ apartment units...
on May 18,2011
Housing starts fall in April, suggesting fewer homes will be built in 2011 than expected.
on May 17,2011
For the first time, the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index was broken down to analyze the differences in income and housing affordability across five different races/ethnic groups. The 2010...
on May 17,2011
A survey shows that the Housing Market Index remains at the same low level, although builder confidence in current sales conditions and prospective buyer traffic is up slightly.
on May 16,2011
The federal government’s largest housing construction program for the poor has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars on delayed or discarded projects and consistently failed to crack down on...
on May 16,2011
Remodeling activity continues to increase across the country as the BuildFax Remodeling Index showed the 17th straight month of year-over-year increases.
on May 15,2011
Foreclosure activity last month dropped 9 percent from March 2011 and 34 percent from April 2010, according to RealtyTrac's latest U.S. Foreclosure Market Report. Foreclosure filings, which include...
on May 15,2011
Freddie Mac last week released its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for May showing a pick-up in economic growth in the second half of 2011 and a projected 5 percent increase in 2011 home...
on May 13,2011
As part of its multi-year effort to consolidate its management structure, PulteGroup will eliminate as many as 10 executives at the divisional president level or higher, according to a Wall Street...
on May 13,2011
Mobile, Ala., and Tacoma, Wash., are among the 10 housing markets that will see the biggest rebound in 2011, according to 24/7 Wall St. Review, which analyzed data from Fiserve Case Shiller. The list...
on May 07,2011
Clear Capital released its monthly Home Data Index (HDI) Market Report, and reports prices have double dipped nationally 0.7 percent below prior lows experienced in March 2009. This month’s HDI...
on May 06,2011
Trumark Homes, in a joint venture partnership with Resmark Equity Partners, is planning to build two residential communities in San Jose and Santa Clara, Calif. Once completed, the anticipated...
on April 29,2011
As more home builders flock to housing markets that have remained relatively healthy through the downturn, the increased competition is starting to impact sales, according to new data from John Burns...
on April 29,2011
GreatSchools and Forbes have released their annual Top Cities to Live and Learn report, which ranks U.S. cities with the top-performing public schools in every housing price range. Among the 67...
on April 29,2011
Home-sales contract activity has now increased six of the past nine months, as the Pending Home Sales Index saw gains in March, according to the National Association of Realtors. The index, a forward...
