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Monthly Archives: February 2013
New Home Construction Permits Increase While Housing is Declining Nationwide
Due to a double-digit dip on the typically volatile multifamily side, nationwide housing starts declined 8.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 890,000 units in January, according to newly released data from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. … Continue reading
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Forbes’ best cities for good jobs
We didn’t want to rank cities on raw job growth alone, since that would overweight areas that are rebounding from severe economic slumps. We also didn’t want to select cities that are adding lots of low-wage jobs. The McAllen-Edinburgh region of … Continue reading
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Is the Housing Recovery Sustainable?
As housing markets all over the country continue to improve uncertainties remain as builders and suppliers try to sort through the likely impacts of many opposing forces. At the Spring NAHB Construction Forecast Webinar, Wednesday, April 24, 2:00 to 4:00 … Continue reading
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We still have renters to thank for healthier housing market
CNN Money For all the good news we’ve heard about the U.S. housing market, some things still haven’t changed. Builders are breaking ground on more new homes than we’ve seen in years, but buyers aren’t exactly clamoring for them. For … Continue reading
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Policy Goals and the Value of Membership
As an industry, we are beginning the year on an optimistic note. For the past several months, housing starts, home sales, permits, builder confidence and home prices have all been trending upward in most areas as housing emerges from its … Continue reading
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The market is in an upswing
The market is in an upswing. The recovery is real. At the 2013 Housing Leadership Summit, we’ll show you how to capture new opportunities, and transform your operation into a team that thinks and plans expansively, but executes precisely and … Continue reading
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there were sharp price increases in 2012
WE’RE beginning to hear noises that we’ve reached a major turning point in the housing market — and that, with interest rates so low, this is a rare opportunity to buy. But are such observations on target? It would … Continue reading
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US construction hiring jumps as housing rebounds
During last year’s housing recovery a question loomed: Where are all the construction jobs? The answer arrived Friday in a government report that showed the best hiring for the U.S. building industry since the peak of the housing boom. Construction … Continue reading
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Capping off a nice start to the year
HELLO, 14,000… Capping off a nice start to the year, stocks registered a fifth week of gains that took the Dow Jones Industrial Average north of 14,000 for the first time since the fall of 2007. The broadly-based S&P 500 … Continue reading
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December Pending Home Sales,
For quite some time, borrowers have had the opportunity to take advantage of very low mortgage rates. But opportunities don’t last forever. For the first time in many months, rates have recently moved up. We don’t know if this is a … Continue reading
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