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During the election, both parties remained surprisingly silent on what exactly they would do to reinvigorate the housing market.  For the current Administration, that may have been a blessing as its policy efforts in housing have been lackluster at best. … Continue reading →

U.S. homeowners are doing a better job of keeping up with their mortgage payments, aided by an improving housing market and low interest rates that are making it easier to refinance. The percentage of mortgage holders at least two months … Continue reading →

  We’ve totaled up all the claims paid and accruals made by all reporting manufacturers, and divided the totals by the amount of product revenue reported by these same companies, during each of the past 38 quarters. Over that nine-and-a-half-year … Continue reading →

The U.S. housing market in September was 43% of the way to a return to full health, according to online real estate marketplace Trulia. Foreclosure rates rose and sales of existing homes fell slightly, according to Trulia’s monthly Housing Barometer, both of which reflect … Continue reading →

Just as the forecasting season is about to kick into gear, a consensus of sorts seems to already be emerging about where new-home construction is likely to land in 2013. In its September forecast, Fannie Mae saw single- and multifamily home starts rising … Continue reading →

I’d like to share some great analysis done by Rick Palacios Jr, a Senior Research Analyst at my firm,John Burns Real Estate Consulting: It’s no news that homebuilder stock prices have more than doubled over the last year, but did … Continue reading →

Castleman is in a unique position to know. As the founder and CEO of a company called Metrostudy, he’s spent more than three decades tracking real-time data on the country’s inventory of new homes. Each quarter he dispatches 500 inspectors … Continue reading →