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housing starts, August 2012, Census Bureau, HUD, increase, 2.3 percent
Nationwide housing production rose 2.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 750,000 units in August, according to newly released figures...
National Association of Home Builders Wells Fargo Housing Market Index
According to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), builder confidence in the market for newly...
Meritage Homes, orders, July, August, increase, 33 percent, 2012
Meritage Homes announced Wednesday that it had received orders for a net total (minus cancellations) of 784 homes in July and August of 2012.
Zelman & Associates announced today that David Platt has joined the firm as Managing Director.  With over 15 years of investment banking...
United States metro area diversity
A study by Pennsylvania State University researchers, titled “Racial and Ethnic Diversity Goes Local: Charting Change in American Communities Over...
NAHB, Improving Markets Index, IMI, September 2012, 99 metro areas
The number of improving housing markets across the country rose to 99 in September, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First...
Trulia, Price Monitor, Rent Monitor, August, 2012, turnaround, Las Vegas, Tucson
For the seventh straight month, asking prices on for-sale homes showed an increase in August, rising 2.3 percent year-over-year according to the...
Trulia, 10, school district, attractive, most, least, elementary, children
A recently completed study by Trulia analyzed elementary school districts across the nation to determine which attracted the most—and least—families...
S&P/Case-Shiller: Home prices continue to climb in June
More positive news for housing this morning, with Standard & Poor’s Case Shiller report showing that home prices rose 2.2 percent and 2.3 percent...
Americans have shown continued interest in buying and owning homes. The demand for new homes is real. We need to keep focused on removing obstacles...
 

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