Some Good Housing News, but….
Concurrent to the news from the Census Bureau, LinkedIn reports from Realtor Magazine the median sale price of new homes rose 2.6 percent in May over April, to $222,600. This marked the first time in...
View ArticleNAHB says Builder Confidence Inches Up
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) reports that builder confidence in July for newly-built, single-family homes rose two points in July over June....
View ArticleHousing Starts Fall in August, but Building Permits Rise
HousingWire reports housing starts fell by 30,000 units on an annualized basis comparing July to August. August numbers show 571,000 starts, a drop of 5%, and a 5.8 percent decline from a year earlier...
View ArticleSome Good News in the Housing Market
Bloomberg News reports sales of previously owned homes rose to 7.7 percent in August, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Sales of existing single-family homes rose to their...
View ArticleNAHB Monthly Survey of Builders Shows Gains
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports that confidence among home builders for single-family dwellings rose four points to 18 on the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), the...
View ArticleGrowth in New Single-Family Home Sales
MHProNews has learned that the U.S. Commerce Department reports newly-built, single-family home sales rose 5.7 percent in September, recording their best growth in five months, to a seasonally-adjusted...
View ArticleHome Builders: 30 Points from Condition “Good”
The National Association of Home Builders reports builder confidence rose in November three points to 20 on the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for newly-built single family homes. Building...
View ArticleReport: U.S. Home Prices Flat
A new report from Clear Capital find that quarter-over-quarter home prices remained flat, posting a slight a 0.3 percent increase, down from the 0.6 percent quarterly increase reported last month....
View ArticleHome Prices Continue Downward
According to CoreLogic’s Home Price Index, home prices for November 2011 fell 4.3 percent compared to November 2010. For the fourth consecutive month in a row home prices declined, falling 1.4 percent...
View ArticleNew Home Housing Market Index Drops two Points
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) reports builder confidence dropped two points to 55 in October due in part to continuing challenges in the...
View ArticlePending Home Sales Rise 0.3 Percent
For the second straight month, pending home sales rose in April to 97.8 from 97.4, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), an indicator based on signed...
View ArticleNew Home Sales Fall Second Consecutive Month
According to numbers released by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U. S. Census Bureau, sales of newly-built single-family homes dropped 2.4 percent to a...
View ArticlePending Home Sales Rise in July
The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) rose 3.3 percent in July over June to 105.9, marking an increase in the National Association of Realtors (NAR) measuring stick for four of the last five months, with...
View ArticleSome Good Housing News, but….
Concurrent to the news from the Census Bureau, LinkedIn reports from Realtor Magazine the median sale price of new homes rose 2.6 percent in May over April, to $222,600. This marked the first time in...
View ArticleNAHB says Builder Confidence Inches Up
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) reports that builder confidence in July for newly-built, single-family homes rose two points in July over June....
View ArticleHousing Starts Fall in August, but Building Permits Rise
HousingWire reports housing starts fell by 30,000 units on an annualized basis comparing July to August. August numbers show 571,000 starts, a drop of 5%, and a 5.8 percent decline from a year earlier...
View ArticleTornadoes, Severe Weather Ravage South, Misconceptions Abound
The southern U.S. was severely affected this weekend, as tornadoes and storms destroyed homes, injured dozens and killed 16. According to the Chicago Tribune, a tornado blew through a manufactured home...
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